French v. Hillman

HAYES, District Judge.

The plaintiff has sued to recover a tract of land containing 1035 acres, claiming title thereto under a deed from Martha T. Kennedy Davenport to G. Mark French and adverse possession thereunder. He concedes that the grantor had no title to any land except the Sallie J. Riner 531 acre tract. The defendants disclaimed any interest in so much of the land mentioned in the deed as the Sallie J. Riner share allotted to her in the division of her father’s estate which contains 531 acres.

The case here is determined by the proper construction of the Davenport deed. The other…