Benjamin v. Allison

Appellee brought suit in forcible detainer against appellant before a justice of the peace. From the judgment of that court an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court, where judgment was rendered awarding possession to appellee, the plaintiff below. The record of the Circuit Court is brought here for review by appeal of defendants below.

The facts are that in 1901 one J. H. Johns recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace for $59.71 against the father and mother of appellant James A. Allison. At that time they were the owners of a life estate in the real estate in question here.…