Sielbeck v. Grothman

This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellant, Henry Sielbeck, against appellees, Kate Grothman, Fritz Grothman and others, in the circuit court of Massac county. A jury was waived and the cause tried before the judge, who entered judgment in favor of appellees, finding them to be the owners in fee simple of the property in question and that they recover from the plaintiff their costs. From that judgment this appeal was prayed.

The eighty-acre farm in controversy here is situated in said county. Appellant offered testimony which tended to show that his father, Christian Sielbeck,…