Almond v. Bonnell

Appellee brought this ejectment in the court below against appellants, claiming, by his declaration, to be seized in fee simple of the lands in controversy. The appellants pleaded not guilty, and, by agreement of parties, the cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was given that appellee recover one undivided half of -the land in fee simple, and the other undivided half for the life of the appellant Anthony Almond.

Appellee’s proof of title consisted of a sheriff’s deed to the property in controversy, supported by a judgment and execution thereon, in his…