St. Germain v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Bedwell, J. —

The appellee, Sears, Roebuck & Co., brought an action in ejectment against the appellants, Ernest St. Germain and Cecelia St. Germain, to recover possession of a lot in the Town of East Gary, Indiana, and damages for the alleged unlawful detention thereof. There was a trial by jury which returned a verdict for appellee, and appellants have appealed from the judgment thereon. They are relying for reversal upon the overruling of their motion for a new trial.

They first attack the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. Without conflict, the evidence disclosed that…