Goosling v. Chapman

Opinion or the Court by

Judge Nunn —

Affirming.

The appellants are the children and grandchildren of Hammon G-oosling; ■ They instituted this action against John Chapman, Rebecca Chapman and William'Smith. They alleged in their petition that they took a certain .tract of land from their father and grandfather by descent, which contained about eighty-six acres; They described the land and alleged that they had owned it from-the date of their father’s death; that on May 7, 1908, after their father’s death, John and Rebecca Chapman unlawfully and wrongfully claimed to be the owners of the land…