Wescott v. Archer

This is an action of ejectment. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant in the court below. The plaintiff brings the cause into this court by petition in error. It appears from the record that one Emma L. Wright is the common source of title of the plaintiff and defendant, and that on the 15th day of March, 1879, she-conveyed the premises in controversy to the plaintiff; that on the 16th day of August of that year, Sampson, Wilkinson & Go. commenced an action against the plaintiff, in the district court of Lancaster county, to recover the sum of $140.40, and caused the lands in…