Armour Packing Co. v. Howe

.The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johkston, 0. J. :

This was an action of forcible entry and detainer, involving the possession of a part of what was an island in the Missouri river, which, by accretions, became connected with the Kansas shore-. 5. K. Howe claims to have taken possession of the land in 1889 and to have held it until December, 1895; *664when the Armour Packing Company and George W. Tourtellot unlawfully and forcibly put him off the place and entered into the possession of the same. Howe brought this proceeding in one of the city courts of Kansas City, Kan., having the…