Whitfield v. . Boyd

This is a petition to rehear this case, which was decided at Spring Teim, 1911. The only point sought to be presented is the ruling of the referee, which was approved by the judge below, that the petitioner, McD. Boyd, was liable for rents for more than three years next preceding the commencement of the action.

In the original action the plaintiffs sought, among other things, to recover of McD. Boyd a tract of land known as the “Homestead,” alleging want of title in him. The referee found that McD. Boyd had title to all the interests' in said land, except that Marietta C. Sheek was entitled to…