Cottingham v. Springer

Plaintiffs in error brought ejectment, against defendant in error, to recover the land in controversy. A trial was had by the court, without a jury, by consent of the parties. The court found for, and rendered a judgment in favor of, defendant, and the plaintiffs below bring the record here on error.

It appears that the father of plaintiffs in error, who is deceased, entered the land and obtained a patent from the general government, and they claimed title from him by descent, and by deed from others, his heirs at law. They thus showed a prima facie title in fee.

Defendant claimed to derive…