Meyer v. Schoeffler

This is an action in ejectment commenced to recover possession of a certain tract of land and for damages. The cause was tried to the court without a jury upon the amended complaint of appellant, the answer and cross-complaint of respondents and appellant’s answer» to the cross-complaint.

In 1889, Frederick Schoeffler and Henry Wessels were the owners of adjoining lands. About that time the construction of a public road intersected these lands. The road cut off about three acres from one corner of Schoeffler’s land and also a small tract from the Wessels land.

Evidently because it became more…