Verbeck v. Clymer

This is an ordinary action in ejectment with a prayer for $10,000 in damages for the unlawful withholding of possession of the premises described in the complaint. The foundation of the action is an allegation of title and the right of possession thereunder and the wrongful withholding thereof by defendants. The defendants admit title in plaintiff and also admit their possession of the premises, but they deny that such possession is wrongful. As a special defense the answer sets up a contract of sale and purchase of said premises wherein plaintiffs agreed to sell and defendants agreed to buy…