Brown v. Murphey

Irvine, C.

Omitting for the sake of clearness unessential details, although these are entitled to some evidential effect, the facts of this case are as follows: In 1879 Robert Black, a man seventy-five years of age, was the occupant of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 9 north, of range 1 west, in York county. The title was in the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska, and Black held it under a contract of purchase. In that year Charles Brown, whose wife was Black’s niece, removed with his family from Missouri and began to live upon the land, remaining there with Black…