Erwin v. Chaffe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Alleging themselves to be the lawful heirs of Mrs. Matilda 0. Erwin, deceased, the five plaintiffs join in this suit against the several defendants, principally, for the revocation and annulment of all the judicial proceeding's and acts of sale and mortgage whereby their alleged title to the property known and designated as the California plantation has been divested, and for other purposes which are ancillary thereto.

On the trial in the court below, there was a judgment pronounced of the following- tenor, viz.:

First — That the plaintiffs be…