Payne v. Edwards

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

Mrs. Wellington Payne and several other persons, heirs of Henry W. and Martha Reed, brought this action against J. J. Edwards and James Chambers in the Boyle circuit court to recover a tract of about 600 acres of land lying on Rolling fork in the knobs or hilly part of the county, and to recover $150.00 as damages for the detention of the lands. The defendants answered denying that Mrs. Payne and the other plaintiffs, or any one or more of them, were the owners or entitled to the possession of the tract of land described in the petition; and…