Helm v. Webster

This was ejectment, in the Adams circuit court, brought by ' John K. Webster, plaintiff, and against Harrietta Y. Helm, defendant, to recover the possession of the south half of Jersey street, adjoining lot six (6), in block five (5), in the city of Quincy, described in the declaration by metes and bounds.

On plea of not guilty pleaded, the cause was tried by the court without a jury, and there was a finding for the plaintiff, that the fee of the land was in him, and judgment accordingly. To reverse this judgment the defendant appeals.

The leading facts are, that Samuel Holmes, then being the…