Gordon v. Simmons

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Reversing-

*274The appellant, Bettie Cordon, widow, and others, heirs at law of A. J. Cordon, deceased, brought suit in the court below to recover of the appellee, W. J. Simmons, a parcel of land described in the petition, which they claim to own and allege to be wrongfully in appellee’s possession; also to recover of the latter damages for its unlawful detention and use.

It appears from the record that A. J. Cordon became the owner in 1894 of a 100-acre tract of land known as the “House survey.” Included within the lines of the House survey, though not a part…