Gates v. . McCormick

Is plaintiff the owner of the lands described in complaint, or any part thereof; if so, what part? Answer: "No."

From the judgment rendered plaintiff appealed. Plaintiff claimed title under the McMillan grants and introduced evidence tending to locate said grants on the land in controversy and connected himself with the grantee by mesne conveyances. The claim of title by adverse possession under color seems not to have been supported and to have been abandoned, as there is no reference to it in plaintiff's brief. The defendants claimed title under two senior grants to John Gilchrist, one for…