Jackson v. Hoover

Elliott J.

The appellants, claiming to be seized in fee simple by descent from John Woodward, deceased, of the undivided five-eighths of a certain tract of land, situate in Wayne county, brought this suit to recover the possession thereof. The defendants, claiming title to the Avhole of said land under the Avill of said John Woodward, filed a special answer, to which the plaintiffs demurred, but the court overruled the demurrer, and the plaintiffs refusing to reply to the answer, final j udgment was ren dered for the defendants. To Avhich rulings the plaintiffs excepted, and appeal to this…