Coleman v. Gaskins

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The defendant John T. Gaskins, prior to October 2, 1905, owned a tract of land in Florence County containing about 169 acres, known as the Wise tract. On October 2, 1905, he purchased a tract of land containing 88 acres, more or less, known as the Hayes land. These two tracts were adjacent and were owned and occupied by Gaskins from October, 1905, until November, 1910, when he sold 84 acres, more or less, of his Hayes tract to one C. P. Poston, retaining that part of it — about 6.6 acres, as shown by a subsequent survey — between…