Dell v. Gardner

Gardner, Sliumard and Bumford were the owners of a house and lot in the city of Fort Smith, as tenants in common, the occupancy of which, in the fall of 1863, they abandoned. The defendant, Dell, without their permission, entered and occupied the house for some months; there is no evidence tending to show that Dell entered with actual force, but, on the contrary, the proof is that some soldiers of the United "States army had taken a printing press into the house before Dell entered into possession. Gardner, Shumard and the administratrix of the estate of Bumford, joined as plaintiffs in an…