Gavin v. Buckles

—This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, upon the covenants contained in a deed in the statutory form, 1 G. & H. 260, sec. 12, for a certain tract of land. Buckles conveyed the land to John F. Stevens, for the consideration, as expressed in the deed, of four hundred dollars. Afterward Stevens conveyed the land, by deed in the same form, to the appellant Gavin, for the same sum expressed as the consideration. Breach, that neither Buckles nor Stevens, at the time of the execution of the deeds, had any right, title, or interest in the land, nor has either of them acquired any…