Johnson v. . Futrell

The plaintiff claims the land in dispute under proceedings instituted in the county court of Northampton in the year 1865, by the heirs at law of Elisha Johnson, for partition of the lands descending from him and an assignment of her share in severalty. The defendant derives title to this assigned share by virtue of a sale made by the administrator, James H. Vinson, on a license obtained from the judge of the superior court upon a petition filed therein against the said heirs at law, at spring term, 1869, and a deed for the land. In support of his title the defendant introduced the record of…