Potts v. Davenport

This was ejectment, in the Henry circuit court, by James Potts and William Evans against Thomas F., Elizabeth, and Charles Davenport, to recover possession of a certain tract of land described in the declaration, and occupied by the defendants.

The general issue was pleaded, and a trial by jury, who found for the defendants. A motion for a new trial was denied, and judgment rendered against the plaintiffs^for costs, to reverse which they appeal.

It is not denied that, prior to and up to the 7th of April, 1871, and to the time of trial, and at all times since the 19th September, 1854, the legal…