Lowry v. Lyle

This is an action of ejectment, brought • by remaindermen, to recover farm land occupied by defendants and their predecessors, under claim of title, for 33 years. Plaintiffs had verdict by direction of the court with judgment thereon, and defendants prosecute review by writ of error. The facts are not in dispute.

In 1872, James Lowry, Sr., owned a farm in Van Burén County. He died November 15, 1872, leaving a will bequeathing $1,300 to Mary Roberts, his granddaughter, and constituted the bequest a lien on the farm. He divided his farm in two parts, devised one part, including the land in suit,…