Mansfield v. Pollock

This is an action of ejectment commenced by petition filed September 12th,- 1877, in the circuit court of Audrain county, for the recovery of the possession of certain lots in the city of Mexico, all of which are parts of northeast quarter of southeast quarter section 26, township 51, range 9, in said county. The answer admits possession and avers that defendants were entitled to such possession, and, after denying all other allegations of the petition, sets up an open, notorious, continuous, adverse possession of the premises sued for, for ten years. It also sets up an estoppel, and also…