Matthews v. Citizens Bank

Ejectment for forty acres of land in Dunklin County. The case was tried in Pemiscot County on change of venue, resulting in a judgment for defendant, and comes to this court by appeal. The petition was filed September 19, 1925, and the trial had at the March Term, 1928, of the trial court.

The petition is conventional in form, against Charles E. and Luther J. Austin, but before the trial the Citizens Bank of Senath became the owner of the land in dispute and was by consent substituted as defendant.

The answer admits defendant's possession and denies the other allegations as to plaintiff's…