Compton v. White

This is an action of ejectment to recover possession of the N. E. i of the S. E. {■ of section 19, township of Columbia, Jackson county. The plaintiff had verdict and judgment in the court below under the charge of the court. Defendants bring error.

It appears that the plaintiff’s father, being seised of the lands in controversy, on September 24, 1836, made a deed of warranty to the plaintiff and a brother, Phil.ander L. Compton, both then infants under the age of 21, reserving in the deed of conveyance a life-estate to himself and wife, as follows:

“ Reserving, nevertheless, the sole use and…