Turner v. Rives

Jackson, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for a tract of land brought by the executors of Thomas M. Turner, against George S. Rives, for the recovery of forty-five acres of land, being “ part of a tract of two hundred and twenty acres between Fort creek and Shoulder Bone creek, and bounded on the north by lands of Willie Adams, on the east by lands of Ross and Carpenter, and on the south and west by lands of said Rives.”

To this declaration a plea of not guilty was filed, and an equitable plea, to the effect that defendant became assignee of one Brown to an agreement in writing between The…