Grigsby v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

This is a contest over ninety acres of land on Sook’s branch, in Perry county.

John Grigsby, the father of the appellants, Jackson (“Jack”) Grigsby and Sallie Grigsby, bought the land in dispute in 1882, and moved upon it. He owned other lands in the neighborhood; and, although he sold portions of his tracts, he continued to live upon the land in question until his death in 1904. The character of his tenancy, after 1894, is, however, in dispute.

In 1894, John Grigsby sold the ninety acres in controversy, to the appellee, Manford Smith, for .$200.00. *821H…