The police reply that the homeowners must first file ejectment cases against the squatters, but when landgrabbers ask for their help, they come in force.
The grantees of the soldiers, who were the original patentees, brought suit for ejectment and much of the court business of pioneer days was given over to tax titles.
Local actions were one in which the facts relied on by the plaintiff had a necessary connection with a particular place (e.g. action for ejectment from land).
