Riggs v. Goodrich

This is an action of ejectment instituted in the circuit court of Miller county, by the heirs of Owen Riggs, deceased, to recover the possession of several tracts of land described in the petition. The answer denies that plaintiffs have either title to the lands sued for, or the right to the possession of them, and sets up title in the defendant. Upon a trial of the cause, plaintiffs obtained judgment, from which the defendant has appealed.

Both parties claim through Daniel Cummings, as the common source of title. The plaintiffs claim under a sheriff’s deed executed in virtue of a sale made by…