Stanser v. Cather

Calkins, C.

This was an action to enjoin an alleged trespass upon farming lands. The petition alleged that the plaintiff was in possession of snch land “as the tenant of John B. Stanser, who is the owner of said land by virtue of a state school land lease issued by the state of Nebraska for said land”; and that the defendant, “claiming to have purchased the lease to said lands from the state of Nebraska,” while plaintiff was peaceably engaged in farming said lands, wrongfully came upon the same, took down a portion of plaintiff’s fences, and undertook to unlawfully stay and trespass thereon…