Belcher v. Howard

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

On October 10,1891, C. J. Simpson obtained a patent for 100 acres of land in Harlan county, and on March 19, 1901, he conveyed the land to his son, C. C. Simpson. C. C. Simpson built a shack on one corner of the land and put a tenant in it. Thereupon Arithea Howard, wlm claimed that this part of the land lay within her boundary, brought an equitable action on April 7, 1911, against Simpson and obtained an injunction restraining him from trespassing upon her land. He filed an answer and counterclaim setting up his title to the land and…