Brosnan v. White

The question here presented is whether the District Court erred in entering judgment for the defendant on the pleadings. The complaint states a good cause of action in ejectment. It alleges that the plaintiff owns and is entitled to the possession of an undivided one-half of the premises in controversy. The plaintiff was not required to further state the nature of her estate. Carter’s Civ. Code Alaska, § 303. She proceeded, however, to allege that the nature of her estate was prior possession, and that *324in March, 1-898, she and William Spencer went upon the premises, which were then…