ARTICLE X.—Of the action for the Forcible Entry and Detention, or Forcible Detention only of Property.
Sect. 108. Any justice, within his proper county, shall have power to inquire, in the manner hereinafter directed, as well against those who make unlawful and forcible entry into lands and tenements, and detain the same, as against those who having a lawful and peaceable entry into lands or tenements, unlawfully and by force hold the same, and if it be found upon such inquiry that an unlawful and forcible entry has been made, and that the same lands or tenements are held by force, or that the same, after a lawful entry are held unlawfully, then said justice shall cause the party conplaining to have restitution thereof.
Sect. 109. Proceedings under this article may be had in all cases against tenants holding over their terms; in sales cases. of real estate, on executions, orders, or other judicial process, when the judgment debtor was possession at the time of the rendition of judgment or decree, by virtue of which such sale was made; in sale by executors, administrators, guardians, and on partition, where any of the parties to the petition were in possession at the commencement of the suit, after such sales, so made on execution or otherwise, shall have been examined by the proper court, and the same by such court adjudged legal; and in cases where the defendant is a settler or occupier of the lands or tenements, without color of title, and to which the complainant has the right of possession; this section not to be construed as limiting the provisions of the first section of this article.
Sect. 110. Judgments either before the justice or in district court, under this article, shall not be a bar to any after action brought by either party.
Sect. 111. It shall be the duty of the party desiring to commence an action under this article, to notify the adverse party to leave the premises, for the possession of which the action is about to be brought, which notice shall be served at least three days before commencing the action, by leaving a written copy with the defendant, or at his usual place of abode, if he cannot be found.
