Newton v. Marshall

This is an action by the respondent to recover damages for trespass upon real estate claimed to be owned by her. The defendants 'answered by a general denial, and by setting up title in Mary W. Marshall to the real estate upon which the plaintiff alleges the trespass was committed. The plaintiff had judgment upon a trial in the circuit court by the court without a jury. From such judgment the defendants appealed to this court.

i, The only questions to be determined by this court upon this appeal are whether the plaintiff gave sufficient evidence of her actual possession of the real estate upon…