Adams v. Fite

The bill was filed to remove a cloud from the title to' a tract- of land in Wilson County. The land was devised by complainant’s father, in 1831, to his widow, for life, and remainder to complainant. In August,- 1833, the widow and complainant conveyed the land to James Ewing, by deed in fee simple, regularly proven and registered in September, 1833. The widow and com*70plainant soon after removed to Missouri, where she died in 1862 or 1863, and where complainant still lives. The land has ever since been held and claimed adversely by Ewing & Fite, to whom it was conveyed, with no notice of any…