Jones v. Dowell

This action was begun in the Bradley Circuit Court by plaintiffs, who are appellants here. Plaintiffs alleged that they were the owners and entitled to the possession of the lands described in their complaint; that the defendants were in the actual possession of said lands under some claim unknown to the plaintiffs, and refused to give possession. Plaintiffs claimed under B. J. Lewis, who had purchased said lands from the Rock Island Townsite Company. There was no dispute about the title of B. J. Lewis. Plaintiffs are the only heirs of B. J. Lewis. They allege that defendants were in the…