Calvert v. Murphy

Midler, PresideNt:

Plaintiff sued in ejectment to recover possession of an alleged estate by the. curtesy in land once owned by his wife, of which the declaration alleges he was possessed on July 1, 1910, but that afterwards on the same day defendants entered and unlawfully withhold possession thereof from him. Pleas of not guilty and the statute of limitations were interposed by the defendants.

The agreed facts submitted to the court in lieu of a jury, are substantially as follows: On and prior to November 2, 1891, Martha J. Calvert, plaintiff’s wife, owned by inheritance from her father, a…