Nelson v. Radcliffe

This is an action in ejectment brought by plaintiff against defendants, with a claim for damages for alleged wrongful withholding of possession of a certain tract of school land in Cheyenne county. The case was tried in the court below upon an agreed statement of facts stipulated by the parties. Judgment was for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

In 189.9 the state of Nebraska issued to Mary Gilmer a school land lease covering section 36, township 16 north, range 52 west of the sixth P. M., Cheyenne county, Nebraska, for a period of 25 years. On or about April 8, 1920, Mary Gilmer, who was…