Enyeart v. Davis

Cobb, Ch. J.

This is an action in the nature of an action of ejectment, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover a certain tract of land. The petition is in the usual form in such case. The plaintiff in error, as defendant, filed an-answer in the nature of a cross-bill, denying the title and right of possession of the plaintiff, and alleging that he, the said defendant, was in the possession of the said land by virtue of a certain written contract and lease of said land executed to him by one H. E. Wells, *229who was then the owner of said land, for the term of…