Ackerman v. Ryder

Suit to recover possession of a strip of land in Lot G, in Garden Place, a subdivision of land in Jackson County, Missouri. Plaintiff's petition is cast in two counts, the first count being in ejectment to recover possession of the strip of land with damages and rental for its detention, and the second count being an action to determine and ascertain the title to same in plaintiffs.

The defendant's answer is a general denial, together with an allegation that she is the owner of the strip of land in controversy and an allegation that title thereto had vested in her and those under whom she…