Burns v. Dillon

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Affirming.

This is an action in equity instituted by appellants to quiet their title to 200 acres of land in Rowan county. The defendants denied the plaintiff’s title and set up title in them. Proof was taken, and on final hearing the circuit court dismissed the petition. The plaintiffs appeal.

George Johnson, on April 14, 1797, obtained a patent from the commonwealth for 3,000 acres of land. On February 8, 1810, he conveyed 300 acres of this land to Robert Nickel. Nickel took possession and lived on the land until he died. After he died, on March 10,…