Sonnemann v. Mertz

Plaintiff in error brought suit in ejectment in the circuit court of Fayette county against defendants in error for the possession of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 19, town 6, range 2, in said county, and by her declaration claimed title in fee., The defendants disclaimed as to all of said tract except the part lying west of a rail fence running in a north and south direction near the division line between that tract and the land west of it, and pleaded not guilty of unlawfully withholding said part west of the rail fence. There was a trial by jury, resulting in…