Gray v. Conner

The Chancellor.

There are two titles left in the defendant. One of them is to the house and lot of which Fox was tenant in fee in possession at the time he conveyed it to the defendant July 13, 1900. The other is to the farm, in which Fox had a vested interest in remainder at the time he conveyed to Conner on December 18, 1903. Conner has been in possession of the former for twenty-seven years and of the latter since April 4, 1927, the date of the termination of the life estate.

The demurrer raises the question of loches. The solicitor for the defendants contends that inasmuch as an action at…