Rhodes v. Green

Two errors are assigned in this case: I. The overruling the demurrer to the complaint. 2. The refusal of the court to grant á new trial.

The action was brought by the appellees against the appellants, The material facts in the complaint are, that Caleb Rhodes, on the 6th day of August, i860, conveyed to John R. Green and Henry Green, each, a certain tract or tracts of land in Illinois. In June, 1863, an action of ejectment was commenced against the Greens for the lands in Illinois. Caleb Rhodes had notice of this action, and assisted in the effort to defend it, but the effort was not…