Legal Opinion

Henderson v. Bivens

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 14, 1912No. 7,521PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Prom Shelby Circuit Court; Will M. Sparks, Judge. Action by William E. Henderson against Absent Bivens and another. Prom a judgment for defendants, the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFelt, C. J.

— This is a suit in ejectment by appellant against appellees. Answer, general denial. Trial by jury and verdict for appellees, in pursuance of a peremptory instruction directing the verdict.

A motion for a new trial was overruled, and the court’s action in so doing is the error relied on for reversal.

This is the second appeal in this case. Bivens v. Henderson (1908), 42 Ind. App. 562, 86 N. E. 526.

Several reasons were assigned for a new trial, all of which relate either directly or indirectly to the exclusion of certain testimony offered by appellant, who asserts title to the one-fifteenth…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bivens v. HendersonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Knotts v. ZeiglerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Hypes v. NelsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916

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