Winston v. Burnell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was an action in ejectment, brought by Alexander Winston against C. P. Burnell, to recover a quarter-section of land situate in Jewell county. The trial in the district court was with a jury, at the November term, 1887, and resulted in favor of the defendant.

The principal errors alleged by the plaintiff are based upon rulings of the court in charging the jury and upon the sufficiency of the evidence; but the condition of the record is such as to preclude an examination of some of the most important questions presented in the…