Hester v. Harrison

In "an action of ej'ectment parol evidence as to the contents of the deed under which the plaintiff claims was introduced without objection that the proper foundation for the introduction of such evidence had not been laid by proof of loss of the original deed. Erom the evidence introduced under such circumstances the jury was authorized to find that Ed. Holmes originally owned the premises in dispute, and had executed a deed thereto' to the plaintiff while she was an infant, and delivered the same to her grandmother who paid the purchase-money ; that the defendant admitted the execution of…