Ford v. French

This is a suit in ejectment commenced in 1874, in the Schuyler circuit court. The petition is in the usual form. The answer is a general denial, with specific defenses set up, which it is not necessary here to specify. On a trial of the cause in the Randolph circuit court, where the cause had been taken by change of venue, judgment was rendered for defendants, from which plaintiffs have appealed.

The only question presented is, whether the court, at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, erred in sustaining a demurrer to the evidence. Both parties claim through George Bridwell as the common source…