Shaw v. Pioneer State Bank

Plaintive’s theory of the case is that the action is one to quiet title to real estate. Although the court found that the plaintiff’s possession was surreptitiously obtained for the purpose of bringing the action, and may be deemed a trespass, and although the possession thus acquired was held by a display, at least, of firearms, yet, for the purpose of its decision, which was in defendants’ favor, the trial court adopted the plaintiff’s theory and assumed that, so far at least as concerns possession, the plaintiff was entitled to bring and maintain the action. We shall, therefore, dispose of…