Kimmel v. Meier

This. was an action of forcible detainer brought by Charles A. Kimmel against Frank Meier, before a justice of the peace, to recover possession of the east half of lot nine of Daugherty’s Out-Lots, a subdivision in Peoria county. On the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court on appeal, the court, at the close of all the proof, instructed the jury to find for defendant. A verdict for defendant was rendered, a motion by plaintiff for a new trial was denied, defendant had judgment, and plaintiff appeals. There was no jurisdiction here to determine title, 'bu't only the right to possession,…