Colton v. Lewis

This suit was brought by the appellants, who alleged in their complaint, that on the 13th day of March, 1884, appellees, Lewis and wife, conveyed to them, by a deed containing covenants of general warranty, seven hundred and fifty-four acres of land in Lawrence county, in the State of Tennessee; that the covenant of seisin was broken in this, that at the time the deed was executed one Voss was in the adverse possession of a part of the tract so conveyed, holding the same by title para*41mount to that of the grantors; that the appellants had never obtained possession of the premises so adversely…