Blackiston v. Smith

J.— The defendants in error brought an action of ejection in the Circuit Court of Marion County against James R. Blackiston, the plaintiff in error, to recover a lot of land in the Northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 15, Range 22 East in Marion County, and mesne profits. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The cause was submitted to the judge, without a jury who found that Melitha Smith was the owner in fee simple and entitled to the possession of an undivided one-fourth interest in the lot described, and that Mary Knigfit and Evelina Murray were each the owner in fee simple of an…