Triplett v. . Witherspoon

The following is the case as made up and amended by the counsel of the parties, and as settled by the presiding Judge, and transmitted as a part of the record to this Court.

In support of the allegations in his complaint, the plaintiff offered evidence tending to show, that in April, 1861, Manly Barnes, the father of the feme plaintiff, the wife of the plaintiff, Triplett, executed and delivered to her a deed in fee simple for the land which is the (590) object of this controversy; that the consideration expressed in said deed, was $200, but that nothing was paid. About twelve months after the…