Gates v. Sweet

This appeal presents but one question for consideration, viz., Did the White Circuit Court err in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial as of right? The complaint is in two paragraphs. By the first paragraph, appellant alleges the ownership of a large tract of real estate in Carroll County, Indiana, and that appellee holds the *690possession of the same without right, and unlawfully deprives appellant of the immediate possession to which he is entitled. Appellee, during the time he unlawfully held the possession, committed waste on the premises by plowing up about fourteen acres of meadow…