Thorpe v. . Parker

CONNOR, J., not sitting. The plaintiffs, alleging that they were tenants in common of the land in controversy, instituted an action of ejectment against the defendants. The plaintiffs claim title under Cornelia Parker Bullock, and introduced the judgment roll in a former case entitled Cornelia Parker Bullock v. Jeffrey Parker, under whom the defendants claim title. The defendants objected to this evidence. The trial judge gave peremptory instructions to the jury, and from the verdict in favor of plaintiffs the defendants appeal. The plaintiffs introduced the judgment roll in a former case…