La Grange Reorganized School District No. R-VI v. Smith

BARRETT, Commissioner.

LaGrange Reorganized School District No. R-VI, successor to the Walnut Grove School District, instituted this action against the appellant, Noel Smith, and the unknown heirs and devisees of Sewellyn Brown and others. Mr. Smith was the only party defendant to file an answer and contest the plaintiff’s several claims. The school district’s suit was in four counts: (1) to quiet the title to a plot of ground containing .48 of an acre; (2) ejectment and damages for wrongful withholding; (3) trespass to the plot of ground and the buildings and $200 damages for the trespass;…