Pierce v. Grimley

Plaintiffs bring ejectment to recover an undivided four-ninths of 80 acres of land, situate in the town of Sherman, in the county of Huron. The plaintiffs are infant heirs, and the suit is brought by their next friend. The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of the statute of limitations, and filed a claim for improvements. The plaintiffs then requested a finding as to what would have been the value of the land if no improvements had been made. The cause was tried in the Huron circuit, before a jury, and the learned circuit judge, after the testimony had all been given, directed…