Bruce v. Leary

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant in the Linn Circuit Court, to recover the West hálf of Section thirty-six, in Township fifty-eight, of Range 21, in Linn County, Missouri. The petition is in the usual form. After the service of the summons, by the permission of the court, the children and heirs of the deceased wife of the defendant (who it was claimed, was the owner of *432part of the land at her death), and who were also the children of the defendant, were also made parties defendant to the action.

The defendants after this filed a joint answer to…