Tomlin v. Hilyard

This was an action of ejectment brought by Thomas F. Tomlin against David W. Hilyard, to recover forty acres of land. It appears by the record, that on the 10th of March, 1856, eighty acres, of which the tract in controversy is a part, were bought by said Hilyard, and one Thompson Tomlin, as tenants in common, the deed being made to them jointly. On the 1st of January, 1858, one Walker obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Mason county, where the land is situated, against Hilyard and Thompson Tomlin, on which an execution was duly issued, and the land in controversy sold on the 16th of…