Hood v. Cravens

This is an ejectment suit for about 200 acres of land in Fentress County. The Chancellor held that complainant’s suit was barred by seven years adverse possession by defendant Nova Cravens and those under whom she claimed, and he dismissed the bill. Complainant appealed and has assigned a number of errors upon the Chancellor’s decree.

This 200 acres is a part of a tract of 500 acres granted by the State in 1874 to Jeremiah Hood. He lived on this land till 1889, when he died intestate. His widow, Margaret Hood, and their children continued to live there. Complainant was one of these children.…