Steeple v. Downing

This was an action by the appellees, against the appellants, to recover possession of a certain tract of land.

Issue; trial; verdict and judgment for the defendants.

New trial granted the plaintiffs, under the statute, on payment of costs; the second trial resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs.

The defendants below appeal, and we proceed to consider the questions involved.

We may premise, by saying that the case has been ably and exhaustively argued by the counsel of the respective parties, from whose briefs we have received valuable aid in the consideration of the ease.

The…