Miller v. Prentice

Ejectment. Complaint in the usual form, all the allegations of which are denied by the answer. The demanded premises were state school lands. Plaintiff relies on a certificate of purchase as establishing his title and right to the possession of said premises. The court found for plaintiff, entered judgment in his favor, and denied defendant’s motion for a new trial. From the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. His contention here is,-that he proved on the trial that the land is suitable for cultivation, and that plaintiff had never been an actual settler…