Northrup v. Nicklas

William Nicklas, defendant in error here, brought an action in the justice of the peace court alleging the unlawful detention of certain farming lands by William D. Northrup, plaintiff in error. Nicklas was successful in the justice of the peace court, whereupon Northrup appealed to the county court, where he suffered an adverse judgment, to review which he brought this action.

Reference will be made to the parties herein as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the justice of the peace court.

Plaintiff alleged that in the spring of 1943 the owners of a certain quarter section of land…