Boyd v. Brinckin

Sharpstein, J.:

The complaint in this case is in the usual form of complaints in ejectment. The defendant answered, and by way of cross-complaint alleged that he was induced to settle upon the land sued for, by a circular issued and distributed by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which invited people to settle and make improvements upon its lands, promising those who should do so, that they should be preferred as purchasers when the lands should be offered for sale. After settling upon the land, and before the same was offered for sale, defendant filed an application to purchase said…