Cariker v. Knox

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

W. B. Cariker, Guardian of the Estate of James William Cariker, a minor, as plaintiff, filed this suit in the District Court of Houston County, against H. B. Knox, as defendant, for title and possession of certain land lying partly in the G. H. Prewitt Survey and partly in the M. A. Paulson Survey, in Houston County. The defendant disclaimed as to all of the land described which lay west of a line described in his answer, and filed a plea of not guilty as to any land lying east of such line. Trial was to the court without a jury, and upon the close of the evidence, the…