Newton v. Doyle

This is a case made after judgment. The proceeding was commenced by Mrs. Newton before a circuit court commissioner to recover of Doyle the possession of a farm of a hundred and twenty acres. She alleged in her complaint that on the 27th of March, 1877, she was in the quiet and peaceable possession of the farm and was well entitled to it; but that Doyle at that time unlawfully and with force and violence entered and ejected and expelled her therefrom and thereafter kept possession.

The commissioner gave judgment in her favor and Doyle appealed to the circuit court. The cause was then heard…