Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Houseman

Opinion by

Clogston, C.:

This action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to recover the *301possession of a strip of land one hundred feet wide across the southeast quarter of section 34, township 17, range 21, Franklin county, and for damages for the detention and injury thereto. Houseman, the owner of the land, was a resident of the state of Colorado at the time said alleged possession and injury occurred, and for a long time thereafter. The plaintiffs in error allege as error, first, that the court improperly admitted in evidence a quitclaim deed from John W.…