Frank v. Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad

In this case, the only error complained of .here by appellants, the plaintiffs below, is the ruling of the circuit court, sustaining appellee’s demurrer to the plaintiffs’ complaint. This error calls in question the sufficiency of •the facts stated in such complaint to constitute a cause of action in plaintiffs’ favor, and against the defendant below. The complaint was substantially as follows:

“Said plaintiffs complain of the defendant and say that heretofore, to 'wit, in the year 1847, one James Foster was .the‘Owner in fee of the land hereinafter described ; that after the location and…