Sockey v. Ellis

Opinion by

JONES, C.

This action was instituted in the district court of Carter-county by the plaintiff in error, as plaintiff, against the defendants in error, as defendants, to recover possession of certain lands held and possessed by the defendants, and damages for the wrongful detention of same. Upon the trial of the case to the court without the intervention of a jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff, adjudging the defendants to be the legal owners of said lands under a valid conveyance theretofore duly executed and delivered to said defendants.

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