Gillis v. Martin

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The purpose of the suit is to establish title to 200 acres of land. It is sufficient to say that the contest is between E. D. Hill’s heirs and vendees, appellants, and Gr. W. Wilder’s heirs and vendees, appellees. The record, of course, discloses the identity of the several parties.

For the plaintiffs it was .established that Gr. W. Wilder and his brother, Elijah, procured a patent to 150 acres in 1852 on a survey made in 1851, and Gr. W. Wilder alone acquired a patent to 200 acres adjoining in 1885 on a survey made in 1883. It was…