Goodman v. Cretcher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an ejectment action in which Laurel Goodman and William Gulick alleged that they were the joint owners of a tract of land and were entitled to the immediate possession of it, and that L. W. Cretcher, Mary Cretcher, and the Scott City Golf Club, of which J. E. McBride was president, are unlawfully keeping plaintiffs out of the possession of the land. The defendant, L. W. Cretcher, filed a separate answer which included a general denial and an averment that he was the owner of the land and was in the lawful possession of the same.…