Staley v. Housel
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Wakeley, J. Evidence of fraud or undue influence cannot be given under the general issue in ejectment. (A. & N. R. Co. v. Washburn, 5 Neb., 122; B. & M. R. Co. v. Lancaster Co., 7 Id., 37; Feet v. O’Brien, 5 Id., 360; Jones v. Seward Co., 10 Id., 161; Ins.
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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Wakeley, J. Evidence of fraud or undue influence cannot be given under the general issue in ejectment. (A. & N. R. Co. v. Washburn, 5 Neb., 122; B. & M. R. Co. v. Lancaster Co., 7 Id., 37; Feet v. O’Brien, 5 Id., 360; Jones v. Seward Co., 10 Id., 161; Ins. Co. v. Barnd, 16 Id., 90; C., B. & Q. R. Co. v. Manning, 23 Id., 552; Allen v. Saunders, 6 Id., 441; B. & M. R. Co. v. Harris, 8 Id., 142; Hamilton v. Ross, 23 Id., 634; Young v. Greenlee, 82 N. Car., 346; Fish v. Benson, 71 Cal., 428; Lombard v. Cowham, 34 Wis., 486; Taylor…
1Opinion of the Court
Norval^J.
This is an action in .ejectment brought by plaintiff in-error to recover the possession of lot 8 in block 352, in the city of Omaha, and damages for withholding said premises, from plaintiff. The petition is in the ordinary form.
The defendants for answer deny that plaintiff is the legal owner of the lot or entitled to the possession of the same, or that defendants wrongftdly withheld possession thereof; aver that defendants and their grantors have had adverse possession of the lot under a claim of title for-more than ten years prior to the bringing of this action,. The answer further…
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