Ogilvie v. Copeland

Joshua Copeland brought ejectment in the Massac Circuit Court against James B. Ogilvie, for the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section four, in township fifteen south, range three east, of the third principal meridian. The pleas were the general issue and a special plea denying that the defendant was in possession of the property described in the declaration, verified by affidavit. By agreement of the parties, the trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury. The judgment was for the plaintiff, and the defendant brings the case to this court by writ of error.

No…