Gower v. Quinlan

In June, 1876, Gower sued Quinlan in *573ejectment for lot seven on the plat of Monrovia, which is now included in the village of Lexington. The circuit judge sitting without a jury made the following finding on which judgment was entered for the defendant:

George Gower vs. Patrick Quinlan. In 1852, Almeda Smith (afterwards Bardwell) was in possession of the lands in question under color and claim of title.

She was the widow of Edmund Smith, deceased, and in 1855 the administrator of Edmund Smith, deceased, obtained against her and her then husband Bufus Bard-well a decree in the circuit court of…