Barringer v. Weathington

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Plaintiff’s first assignment of error is directed at the refusal of the trial judge to admit plaintiff’s Exhibit No. 11 into evidence. Plaintiff’s Exhibit No. 11 purports to be a deed from one Hugh Simpson to Sarah J. Hales and is essential if plaintiff is to prove a record chain of title back to the State. The purported deed attempts to convey 10 tracts of land to Sarah J. Hales, the eighth tract being the one pertinent to this action and described as follows: “containing 40 acres entered by Hugh Simpson.”

A deed or contract to convey land must identify the land or furnish the…