Dennison v. Smith

The sixteenth section of the act concerning forcible entry and detainer declares that “ the complainant shall not be compelled to make further proof of the forcible entry and *488detainer than that he was lawfully possessed of the premises, and that the defendant unlawfully entered into and detained or unlawfully detained the same.”

Where an entry is made upon land against the will of the party in actual lawful possession, the party from whom the possession is withheld is entitled to his action. No actual force is necessary to be proved. (Warren v. Ritter, 11 Mo. 356; Cathcart v. Walter, 14 Mo.…