Williams v. Beckmark

Plaintiff originally filed a petition in ejectment and to recover from defendant damages for unlawfully withholding possession of the realty here involved. The answer of defendant thereto was a general denial, a factually-claimed, valid, and enforceable . contract of purchase, and the making of lasting and valuable improvements in good faith while claiming title and lawful possession of the property. His prayer was for dismissal, or in case of judgment dispossessing him,, that defendant should recover under the provisions of the Occupying Claimants Act for the improvements, or, in the…