Hayward v. School District No. 9

Plaintiff brings this suit, which is an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, to recover the value of a schoolhouse which he alleges defendant removed from his land. The schoolhouse was erected on the land in question in 1868. The land, which was subsequently transferred to plaintiff, then belonged to plaintiff’s father. During the construction of the building, defendant and plaintiff’s father orally assented that their rights should be determined by certain writing. By this writing defendant, for a consideration therein named, leased the land for 50 years, provided “that at any time that…