Fowler's ad'r. v. Knight
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer brought by Milton Fowler against John E. Knight, determined in the Pulaski Circuit Court, at the April term, 1848, before Hon. Wm. H. Sutton, Judge.
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Appeal from the Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer brought by Milton Fowler against John E. Knight, determined in the Pulaski Circuit Court, at the April term, 1848, before Hon. Wm. H. Sutton, Judge. The declaration alleged that on the 14th day June, 1847, plaintiff was in lawful and peaceable possession of lot 12, in block 136, west of the Quapaw Line in Little Rock, and that on said day, defendant, with force and arms entered upon said premises and dispossessed the said plaintiff of the same, and still held possession of the said premises, contrary to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Johnson
This is an action of forcible entry and detainer, and the main question to be decided is whether the plaintiff in the court below made such a case as to entitle him to a recovery under the-Statute.. The 2d and 3d sections of chapter 71 of the Digest'provide that “ If any person shall enter into or upon any lands, tenements or other possessions, and detain and hold the same with force and strong hand, or with weapons or breaking open the doors ,and windows, or other parts of the house, whether any person be in or not, or by threatening to kill, maim or beat the party in possession, or by such…
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