McLaughlin v. Thompson

This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellee in the Mercer circuit court, against appellant, for the recovery of a number of lots in the town of Aledo, in Mercer county. A plea of not guilty was filed, a trial ivas had, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendant brings the record to this court and assigns and urges various errors for a reversal.

We shall confine ourselves in the decision of this case to the instruction given by the court of its own motion, and the questions it raises on the record. It is this :

The jury are instructed that the plaintiff has…