Pitcher v. Laycock

This was a bill in equity, filed on the 4th of December, 1847, by Joseph and Samuel Laycock, against John Pitcher and others. The object of the suit was to quiet the complainants’ title to certain real estate described in the bill. The material facts of the case are these:

The land in contest was patented to one Samuel R. Marrs, who died in 1825, leaving Mary Marrs his widow, and the following named children and heirs at law, viz., Elizabeth Marrs, Hannah Marrs and Samuel R. Moats, jr. These children, at their father’s death, were all minors. Elizabeth intermarried with John Blair, and Hannah…