Riggs v. Riley

In this case, errors are assigned hére by appellant Riggs, defendant below, which call in question (1) the court’s conclusions of law upon its special finding of facts, (2) the overruling of his motion to make such special finding of facts more specific and full, (3) the overruling of his motion for a venire de novo, and (4) the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

The trial court found the facts of this case substantially as follows:

On August 20tb, 1838, Anne Peters entered, and received a patent from the United States conveying to her the west half of the northwest quarter of section 6,…