Applegate v. Dowell

This appeal comes bere from a decree of the Circuit Court for tbe county of Douglas. The appellant commenced a suit in that court to remove a cloud from his title to 40 acres of land, which he alleged in his complaint that he is *514the owner of in fee-simple, and in possession of. The land was a part of the donation land claim of Jesse Applegate in said county of Douglas* The respondent denied in the answer the appellant’s ownership of the land, and claimed ownership thereof in himself, Under a decree recovered by him against the said Jesse Applegate, the appellant, and others, on or about the…