Gibbs v. McCoy

Thiswrit of error is to a judgment for the plaintiffs in an action of ejectment which was brought in the name of W. E. Dunwody, the grantee of lands, to recover the possession from one in adverse possession of the lands. An amended declaration was subsequently filed by leave of the court making the grantors plaintiffs to recover the possession from one in adverse possession at the time of the conveyance, upon the theory that the conveyance though void as to the defendant in adverse possession of the land, was good as between the parties to the conveyances, and that a recovery in the name of…