Pennington v. Flock

— This was an action by the appellant against the appellee to recover possession of twenty-four acres of land in Harrison county. Th'c appellee answered by the general denial. Trial by jury; verdict for appellee; motion for new trial overruled; exceptions; judgment on the verdict. The overruling of his motion for a now trial is assigned by the appellant as error. The causes, among others, for which the new trial was asked, were that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law. •

The evidence is in the record. It shows that, on December 5th, 1867, Dennis P.…