Osborne v. . Anderson

In the year 1828, Joshua Cox, by deed, conveyed to Moses Dixon, an estate limited for want of words of inheritance to the term of his life in the tract of land described in the complaint, of which that in controversy is claimed by the plaintiff to constitute part. Moses Dixon entered and continued in possession of the land until his death, in 1863, as did his son (Back) thereafter until December, 1868, when he sold and conveyed to plaintiff.

In 1856, a grant issued from the state to J. M. Gentry, under whom the defendant Anderson claims, by virtue of'á written contract for a tract which…