Steadman v. Jones

This was an application to the Judge oí the Third District for a reeordari, supersedeas and injunction.

In his petition, the applicant states in substance:

1. That Jerusha Jones had brought an action against him in. a Justice’s Court, underthe Landlordand Tenant Act, 1868,-9, ch. 156, to recover possession of certain land held by him as her tenant; that upon the trial, the defendant, Steadman, offered to prove that the title to the property was in the assignee in bankruptcy oí one Samuel T. Jones, who was the original landlord oí the defendant; that the said Samuel T Jones had conveyed the land…