Tharp v. Jarrell

In this action, the appellants, as plaintiffs, sued the appellee, as defendant, in a complaint of two paragraphs.'

In the first paragraph, the appellants alleged, in substance, that they were the owners in fee-simple, and entitled to the possession, of certain real estate, in Madison county, Indiana, particularly described, which the appellee held possession of without right, and had unlawfully kept them out of the possession of, for seven years ; wherefore they demanded judgment for the recovery of the possession of said real estate, and of $1,800 damages for being kept out of the possession…