Armstrong v. Jackson

Elliott's lessee obtained a judgment in ejects ment against Armstrong for a house and lot in Lawrenceburgh, On the motion of Armstrong, three commissioners were appointed, agreeably to the second section of the act for the relief of occupying claimants of land, who reported the value of the improvements to be 5,000 dollars, and the value of the lot without the improvements to he 400 dollars. This report was set aside, on the ground that the occupying claimant law is unconstitutional, and an habere facias possessionem awarded. Armstrong appealed.

By the first section of this act, if the bona…