Waddell, Et Ux. v. Donelly

Thomas, J. —

To simplify this opinion plaintiffs in error will be called defendants and defendant in error, plaintiff.

Plaintiff sued defendants in ejectment claiming Lot twelve in Block four, Unit one of Hamilton Estates. The only plea filed in the case was as follows:

“And now comes the defendant, Maude Waddell, joined by her husband, Albert Waddell, and for her plea to the declaration now on file herein says: That she is not guilty.”

At the conclusion of all the testimony the court granted the motion of the plaintiff for a directed verdict and the jury in obedience to the ruling found the…