Corley v. Anderson

JAMES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, as heirs of Henry W. Karnes, brought suit to recover a tract of 480 acres, surveyed in 1856 by virtue of bounty warrant number 407, issued to Henry W. Karnes on July 2, 1838. Patent issued July 6, 1859; survey made in 1856.

Defendant pleaded not guilty; also the three, five, and ten years limitations, improvements, and vouched his warrantors, who made similar answers. Verdict and judgment were for defendant.

Conclusions of Fact. — That patent was to Henry W. Karnes, and most of plaintiffs were shown to be his heirs.

About 1840 Karnes died, and his will,…