This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol11 Common Law Pleading, Code Pleading, Federal Procedure, Evidence", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
State of Illinois, .............County ss. In the.........Court of..........County,
..................Term, A. D. 19...
Plaintiff... in this Suit by.............................................
Attorney... come... and complain... of...............................
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defendant..., who......... summoned according to the form of the Statute, in such case made and provided, in a plea of ejectment.
For That Whereas, The said Plaintiff......................on the
..........................day of....................in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and ....................possessed of
..................certain.....................with the appurtenances, situate in...........................in the said County, and known and described as follows, to-wit:
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which said premises the said Plaintiff.................claim..............
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and the said Plaintiff..........................being so possessed thereof, the 6aid Defendant..........................afterwards, to-wit, on the therefrom and unlawfully withhold. . . from the said Plaintiff................
....................day of......................in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and....................entered into the said premises, and ejected the said Plaintiff..................................
the possession thereof, to the damage of said Plaintiff... of..................
....................Dollars, and, therefore, ... he... bring... suit, etc
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Attorney,.. for Plaintiff...
 
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