Hickox v. Griffin

Head, Justice.

The plaintiff’s deed does not describe his property by courses and distances, but only names the adjoining landowners, and describes his property as “bounded on the west by the lands of Floyd Lee and lands of Harvey Griffin,” the defendants. The plaintiff, in order to recover the lands claimed by him, would therefore be required to show that the lands for which he sued were not “the lands” of the defendants.

Counsel for the plaintiff insist in their brief that the evidence demanded a finding for the plaintiff. This contention is not sustained by the record. The plaintiff failed…