Gaines v. Fender

V"ORiiss, Judge,

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant fo’r the recovery of the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section thirty-six in township fifty-seven, of range twenty-one, in Linn county, Missouri.

The petition was in the usual form. The answer of the defendant was a denial of the facts stated in the petition — except that he admitted he was in possession of the lands sued for —and a plea of the statute of limitations. The plea of the statute of limitations was denied by a replication.

At the trial…