Martin v. Hall

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

This action was' brouglit by tTie beirs of' Simpson Martin against John Hall and E. S. Erasure and wife, to quiet the title to certain lands lying on tbe waters of the Bolen Branch of the Left Fork of Beaver Creek, in Floyd County. These lands have been so long in litigation that a brief history of that litigation is necessary'to an understanding of this appeal.

Bolen Branch and Frasure’s Creek run into Left Beaver Creek with a dividing ridge between them. In 1848 William H. McNew entered and surveyed 1,280 acres on Bolen Branch, excluding “a number…