Case Name: Henry M. Powell et al., appellants, v. Andrew N. Ventis, appellee
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1914-03-13
Citations: 95 Neb. 542
Docket Number: No. 17,682
Parties: Henry M. Powell et al., appellants, v. Andrew N. Ventis, appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 542–543

Head Matter:
Henry M. Powell et al., appellants, v. Andrew N. Ventis, appellee.
Filed March 13, 1914.
No. 17,682.
Descent and Distribution: Ejectment: Evidence. Plaintiffs who fail to show any title or riglit of possession are not entitled to a recovery in ejectment.
Appeal from the district court for Dundy county: Robert C. Orr, Judge.
Affirmed.
Charles W. Meeker and David G. Hines, for appellants.
Ritchie & Wolf, contra.

Opinion:
Rose, J.
This is a suit in ejectment for a number of lots in the village of Haigler. In the petition it is alleged that the property described is real estate of which Henry M. Powell died siesed, and that plaintiffs are his sole heirs. The answer was a general denial. From a judgment in favor of defendant plaintiffs appeal.
Plaintiffs are brothers and sisters of decedent, who left no will. At the time of his death he was a married man. There is no proof that his widow is dead or that he left no issue. Without such proof plaintiffs did not, under the statute of descent, mate a case of ejectment. The dismissal is therefore without error.
Affirmed.