Owens v. Lewis

The assignments of error call in question the sufficiency of the complaint, to which a demurrer was overruled, and the sufficiency of the answer, to which a demurrer was sustained.

The complaint, omitting the formal parts, was as follows: “ The said plaintiff) Allen W. Lewis, complains of the said defendant, Benjamin A. Owens, and says that said defendant, on the 9th day of July, 1872, in person and by his servants and agents, entered upon the lands of the said plaintiff) situate in said county; to wit, the south-east quarter of section 32, township 18, range 14 east, and with strong hand and…