Young v. Bigger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MASON, J.:

W. H. Bigger sued Kate and Nannie Young to recover the possession of a tract of land, and for mesne profits. The plaintiff’s petition was general in form, and claimed a complete title. The answer included a general denial, coupled with a statement that the defendants owned an undivided nine-twentieths of the land and had no information as to who *147owned the remaining interest. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for the possession of eleven-twentieths of the tract, for $132 as his share of the rental valué for twenty months, for $55.15 on…