Cox v. Lacey

Opinion op the Court.

THIS is an action of ejectment, brought by the pres•ent appellee against the appellant; and on the trial, the appellee gave in evidence, as the sole title, to entitle him to recover, a conveyance from the appellant himself, and proved the residence of the appellant on the ground. The conveyance on which the appellee relied, was not one year old, at the date, of the demise laid in the plaintiff’s declaration; nor, indeed, at the commencement of this action; and the defence relied on,. *335was, that the appellee had given the appellant a verbal grant or lease to reside on the…