Croston v. McVicker

Lynch, Judge:

In ejectment, plaintiff recovered judgment for the possession of 2 1-2 acres of land situate in Taylor county and $450 damages for its detention; and defendant, for reversal, assigns uncertainty in the verdict and excessiveness of the quantum of damages awarded.

The declaration describes the tract as “beginning at a dogwood and running thence S 63 E 32 to a chestnut, thence S 55 W 28 to Pleasant creek, thence N 10 W 31 1-2 to the beginning”. These are the calls in the deed for the same land from Knotts to Bartlett made in 1864. The deeds from Bartlett to Loudin of June 13, 1902,…