Owen v. Trail

Action in ejectment for tract of land in Lincoln County. The petition, in the usual form, was filed February 19, 1919. The answer pleads the ten-year, the twenty-fonr-year, and the thirty-year Statute of Limitations, and alleges further that Martha E. Trail is the owner of the land in fee simple.

Plaintiffs claim as the heirs and descendants of William Trail, deceased, who is the common source of title. The defendants claim as grantees of Sarah A. Trail, daughter of William Trail. The controversy turns upon the construction of the following conveyance, executed by William Trail and Sarah…