Legal Opinion

Colvin v. Republican Valley Land Ass'n & the Lincoln Land Co.

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1888PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to the ■district court for Furnas county. Tried, •below before Gaslin, J. Hutchins v. Byrnes, 9 Gray, 367. Boone Corp., § 50. On adverse possession. ■Strange v. Durham, 1 Brev., 83. Barnes v. Haynes, 13 Gray, 188. Talbert v. Singleton, 42 Cal., 395. Sedgwick ■& Wait Trial of Title to Land, Sec. 757. Conyers v. Kenans, 4 Ga., 313. Smith v. Dali, 13 Cal., 510. Gearyv. City of Kansas, 61 Mo., 378. Uppfalt v. Nelson, 18 Neb., 533. Jackson v. Parker, 3 Johns.

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Error to the ■district court for Furnas county. Tried, •below before Gaslin, J. Hutchins v. Byrnes, 9 Gray, 367. Boone Corp., § 50. On adverse possession. ■Strange v. Durham, 1 Brev., 83. Barnes v. Haynes, 13 Gray, 188. Talbert v. Singleton, 42 Cal., 395. Sedgwick ■& Wait Trial of Title to Land, Sec. 757. Conyers v. Kenans, 4 Ga., 313. Smith v. Dali, 13 Cal., 510. Gearyv. City of Kansas, 61 Mo., 378. Uppfalt v. Nelson, 18 Neb., 533. Jackson v. Parker, 3 Johns. Cases, 124. Dietrich v. Noel, 42 Ohio State, 21.

1Opinion of the Court

Reese, Ch, J.

This was an action in ejectment-, instituted by defendants •in error against plaintiff in error for the possession of the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section 15, township 4, range 23 west, in Furnas county.

The petition is in the usual form.

Plaintiff in error filed his answer, consisting of three ■counts:

First, A general denial of the allegations of the petition;

Second, That the plaintiffs’ alleged cause of action did not accrue within ten years next before the commencement of the suit; and

*77Third, That on September 30th, 1873, plaintiff in error entered into…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lessee of Ewing v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
  2. Griffin v. SheffieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Geary v. City of KansasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Philbin v. CarrIndiana Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Shirk v. SchmunkNebraska Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Hallowell v. BorchersNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Enderlin Investment Co. v. NordhagenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Barnes v. MilliganNebraska Supreme Court · 1978

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