Burgess v. Rice

Ejectment. The property in controversy is described as the east one half of section 16, township 3 south, range 6 east, H. B. and M. The plaintiff, while in the occupation of the lands, on October 15, 1875, filed an application to purchase from the state. In accordance with his application, proof, and payment, a patent was issued to him for the lands in his own name, August 28, 1885. In his answer the defendant denied that the plaintiff was the sole owner of the property; and in his cross-complaint alleged that the land described in the complaint is a part of a tract of land known as the…