Springs v. . Schenck

The following is a copy of the material part of the case settled on appeal:

The plaintiff brought his action to recover the land described in the complaint, and, in order to establish his title and right of possession, he introduced a deed made in 1868, by one Phelps to S. F. Rothchild, and then a deed made in 1883, by S. F. Rothchild, to himself. He introduced witnesses, who testified that each of these deeds covers the land in dispute.

He then introduced other witnesses, whose evidence tended to show, that the defendant Schenck had leased the land in dispute, from an agent of Phelps', prior…