Heard v. Sheffield

The writ of error is to the grant of a nonsuit in an action of ejectment. The plaintiff would have made out a prima facie case if his last muniment of title had been admitted in evidence. The rejected deed was from William M. Weaver, executor of William W. D. Weaver, to Columbus Heard. The subject-matter of the suit was a lot of wild land located in Early county, and title to it was shown to have been in William W. D. Weaver, of Greene county, at the time of his death. There was introduced in evidence an order from the court of ordinary of Greene county, passed at the November term, 1868,…