Watson v. Whitney

This is an action for forcible entry and detainer. The facts are substantially as follows: The tract of land in controversy was inclosed at the time of the forcible entry, which took place December 31st, 1862, and had been in the quiet and peaceable possession of the plaintiff or his tenants ever since 1856. On that day, Watson, the plaintiff, and several persons with him, went to the place where the defendant, with six or seven others, was engaged in constructing a small house. The plaintiff asked whose house is that, to which the defendant replied that it was his; and the plaintiff then…