Haley v. Sprague

This is an appeal by the defendants, who constitute the state land board, from a judgment of the circuit court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered after the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint had been overruled and the defendants had declined to plead further. The demands made by the complaint are thus stated in its prayer:

“ * * * plaintiffs-petitioners pray for an order of this court adjudging them to be heirs at law and next of kin of said James Haley, deceased, and that as such heirs at law and next of kin they are entitled to receive their respective portions of the sum of $3,591.85,…