Merrill v. Forbes

This is an action founded on an alleged unlawful entry and forcible detainer of a tract of land in Solano County, originally commenced before a Justice of the Peace, and appealed to the County Court, where it was tried before a jury, who rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for damages in the sum of two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, which was trebled in the judgment.

It appears that the plaintiff was in possession of the premises in controversy, as tenant of the owner, under an agreement to give one-third of the grain that he might raise thereon, delivered in sacks.…