Bradford v. Tilly

The action is unlawful detainer. The plaintiff recovered judgment for possession and damages. The errors assigned by the defendant are that the plaintiff’s statement is jurisdictionally defective, and that under the uncontroverted facts the judgment' should have been for the defendant.

The statement, omitting the caption, is as follows:

“William L. Bradford complains to John McDonald, a justice of the peace within and for the county of Pulaski, that on the fifth day of March, 1894, he had the legal right to the possession of the north half of the southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of…