Watkins v. Green

The defendant executed to plaintiff a warranty deed of certain lands. This actioh is brought to recover for alleged breaches of the covenants of warranty.

The title to the property was originally In one Toussaint I/Esperance, who died testate in 1842, leaving a widow and six children. He devised to his widow one-third of the land in fee, and a life estate in the remainder. Upon the termination of the life estate the two-thirds were devised in equal shares to his six children.

Prior to 1853 the land had been unoccupied, except that the timber had been removed. In October, 1850, the entire land…