Crosley v. Hutton

— This is an action of ejectment for the lands described, the petition being in the statutory form, and the answer one of general denial. The case is here on an agreed record, from which it appears, among other things, that the plaintiffs are the sole heirs-at-law of one Henry Crosley, who is the common source of title, and who died intestate in the year 1875. Defendants read in evidence a tax deed from the sheriff of Vernon county (under proceedings commenced in 1878) and which is conceded to be in due form and good on its face.

It is conceded and agreed, and the court so found, that the…