Meraman's Heirs v. Caldwell's Heirs

Assuming, as the jury have rightfully found, that Wethers King, the patentee of 600 acres of land, gave 200 acres thereof to his daughter, upon her marriage with James Caldwell, about the year 1790 or 1791, and that about that time Caldwell and wife entered upon the 200 acres and continued to occupy it under the gift, until the death of the wife in 1816 or 1817, after which Caldwell, the husband, continued to occupy it until his death, in 1825; we are clearly of opinion that whether the gift was by deed or by parol, the possession of the husband under the gift to his wife, enured to the…