Ward v. Cochran
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.. Seth E. Ward, the plaintiff in error, brought an action of ejectment against Elmer G. Cochran, the defendant in error, to recover the possession of 20 acres of land now situated in the city of Omaha, state of Nebraska, which was described in the complaint as being the W. % of the N. B. % of the S. W. % of section 4, township 15, range 13 E. Both parties to the suit claimed title to the property…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.. Seth E. Ward, the plaintiff in error, brought an action of ejectment against Elmer G. Cochran, the defendant in error, to recover the possession of 20 acres of land now situated in the city of Omaha, state of Nebraska, which was described in the complaint as being the W. % of the N. B. % of the S. W. % of section 4, township 15, range 13 E. Both parties to the suit claimed title to the property in- controversy from a common source, to wit, under E. B. Taylor, in whom the title to the property appears to have…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
It is contended, in tiie first place, tha t, in view of all the evidence, the trial court should have directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and that it erred in refusing to give an instruciion to that effect, which it was requested to give. 'While advocating this view, counsel for the plaintiff admit that the evidence showed Unit John Flannagan entered into possession of the premise's in controversy some time in the year 1865, and that he held possession thereof continuously until some time in the year 1870. They insist, however, that Flannagan’s possession was…
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