Castor v. Davis

This was an action by the appellant against the appellees for the possession of the land described in the *232complaint. The cause being at issue was submitted to the court for trial without the intervention of a jury. At the request of the appellant the court made a special finding of the facts in the cause, which finding is as follows :

“ 1st. That, on the 17th day of January, 1856, John Snavely was the owner in fee simple of the real estate herein, viz., the south half of the northeast quarter of section 30, in township 20 north, of range 2 west, situate in Boone county, Indiana, and that on…