Linnertz v. Dorway

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error, against P.W. Brickey and others, defendants in error. The defendants other than Brickey were tenants under Brickéy. The declaration claimed title in the plaintiff in error to a tract of land described therein by metes and bounds, being 43.61 acres off the east part of survey 342, claim 2058, township 5, south, ranges 9 and 10, west. The defendants in error filed but a single plea, averring they were not, at the time of the beginning of the suit or at the time of filing the plea, in possession of the premises in the declaration…