Schields v. Horbach

Ragan, C.

This is an action of ejectment brought in the district court of Douglas county by John A. Horbach against Louis Schields. At her request Dorothy Schields, wife of Louis Schields, was made a party defendant to the action. At the close of the evidence the jury, in obedience to an instruction of the court, returned a verdict in favor of Horbach, upon which judgment was rendered, to reverse which Schields and wife prosecute to this court petitions in error.

One link in Horbach’s chain of title was a deed from one Griffith. This deed was executed in the state of Kansas and acknowledged…