Bowen v. Roach

The appellant was the plaintiff below, and sought by his complaint the recovery of a quantity of wheat.

*362The appellee answered the complaint in two paragraphs, the first of which was a general denial, and the second an affirmative plea. The substantial allegations of the second paragraph are these:

The wheat was grown and harvested on land “ owned, or claimed to be owned, by George O. Eoaeh, who was then in possession thereof; ” that the wheat was sowed by the appellee in the autumn of 1876, and harvested by him in the harvest of 1877 ; that the appellee occupied the land, sowed and cut the…