Amos v. Massey

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hobson

Affirming.

Eliza Ann Amos is the widow of James Amos, who died in the year 1891, leaving a will by which he bequeathed to her all., his property for life. He owned at his death several hundred acres of land. On April 28, 1909, she brought this suit against J. M. Massey alleging that Massey had wrongfully entered upon the land, about the year 1891, and bad since deprived her of the possession or use of it. She prayed judgment against him for the possession of the property and $200 a year, which she alleged was the reasonable value of the use of it. Massey set…