Thomas v. Jewell

This is a suit to restrain defendants from building upon or occupying certain premises and for an order quieting title to the property.

In 1864, Morgan Allen was the owner of the northeast quarter of section 24, town 9 north, of range 11 west, Kent county. On September 28th of that year he executed a lease to the school district of a piece of land 10 rods square in the northeast corner of the above-described quarter section “to have and to hold the same for a school house site as long as occupied for school purposes.-” On October 10, 1864, Allen and wife executed a warranty deed to John D.…