Johnston v. . Case

This is an action of ejectment, and it is alleged by the plaintiffs and admitted by the defendants that James Case, the ancestor of the defendants, at one time was the owner of the land in controversy. And the plaintiff undertook to show that he had acquired the title of James Case, and is now the owner of the land. He undertook to do this by a mortgage deed from James Case to William Case, dated 24 December, 1850; a deed from William Case to W. L. Henry, dated 15 March, 1855; a deed from Sumner, sheriff, to George Brooks, dated 11 September, 1869; a deed dated 13 November, 1882, from parties…