Dixon v. Hill

The complaint alleges that Dixon, on the 14th day of November, 1854, entered at the Vincennes land district, certain lands, describing them, and received therefor a certificate of purchase in Ms own name; that Hill, the defendant, was, at the time of the entry, and ever since hath been, in the possession of about forty acres of said lands, and though duly notified of the entry and certificate thereof, hath, since its date, greatly injured said forty acres, &e., — to the plaintiff’s damage 150 dollars. The defendant demurred to the complaint, but his demurrer was overruled; and thereupon he…