Perry v. . Bassenger

CLARKSON and SEAWELL, JJ., concur in dissent. Petition for partition.

Petitioners, as the last surviving children, and the grandchildren of Annie L. Owens, deceased, under and by virtue of her last will and testament, claim title to certain land situated in Washington County, North Carolina, adjoining the town of Plymouth, and lying on both sides of the public road leading from said town to Mackey's Ferry.

Respondents also claim title to said land, and plead sole seizin thereof, under and by virtue of mesne conveyances from L. L. Owens and wife, Mary Owens, to whom H. S. Ward, Commissioner,…