Lindsay v. . Austin

This was an action of ejectment to recover two tracts of land. The court submitted the following issues:

1. Are the plaintiffs the owners and entitled to the possession of the lands described in the complaint? Ans. Yes.

2. Was the defendant in the possession of the lands at the time this action was brought? Ans. Yes.

From the judgment rendered upon the verdict, the defendant appealed. The plaintiffs claim two tracts of land, containing five and one-half, and thirty-five acres, the former under certain deeds and the latter under a grant to William Mullis, dated 1822, and through mesne conveyances…