Lowry v. Whitehead

This is an action of ejectment for about one acre of ground which appears to be worth some $20. The contestants are ' colored people, and. the controversy, upon its merits, turns upon the question of locating the lot. The plaintiff was successful below, and defendant has appealed, and assigned errors. They claim from a *397common source of title, one Eaton Hawkins. Eaton owned a large field covered with briars and. sedge-grass. In 1891, he sold an acre of it to Mamie, and, in 1895, he sold another acre to Joseph. Joseph took possession of his acre, cleared it up, dug a well, and set out some…