Barrett v. Cox

This was a summary proceeding, brought before a circuit court commissioner, to recover possession of a house and lot. The case was tried before the circuit judge, without a jury, and there was a special finding of facts, from which the following material facts ,are deduced: Prior to August 31, 1888, the lot in question had been conveyed to defendant Elzada E. Cox, by one Francis L. Nichols. Nichols and defendants had jointly improved the same, and Nichols had made his home at defendants’ for a year or two prior to that time. On August 31st, Mrs. Cox conveyed the land to Nichols, at his…