Gillespie v. Hawks

H. D. Gillespie filed a bill in the court below against Porter N. Hawks and Faith Knight, alleging that he is the fee simple owner of a five-acre tract of land in Carroll county; that he acquired one-half interest therein from the heirs of G. H. Stantliff by a deed dated October 16, 1961, and the other one-half interest from Oleman Carian and wife by a deed dated December 18, 1956; and that Carian had acquired the land from W. A. Hawks and wife by a deed dated August 26, 1909. The bill further alleged that the defendants had become the owners of a tract of land by deed from J. L. Tompkins,…