Peddicord v. Berk

The opinion of the court was delivered by .

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an action of forcible detainer, begun in the city court of Wichita, Kan., by Fred B. Pierce against John Peddicord and Melissa Peddicord, his wife. Pierce was the owner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 4, lots 1, 2 and 3 and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 9, in township 28, range 1 east, in Sedgwick county, Kansas, and the Peddicords had been tenants of his for ten or eleven years, and were in the possession of the land at the time this action was brought. Pierce was a…