Watkins v. Johnson

This is a suit by the appellants, the heirs of Lewis L. Watkins, to establish their title to a 120-acre tract that was owned by Watkins at Ms death intestate in 1901. The chancellor sustained a demurrer to the complaint, holding that it showed the plaintiffs to be barred by limitations and laches. The proceeding was accordingly dismissed.

WatMns was survived by his widow and five children, the oldest child then being eight years old. The plaintiffs in this case are the four children now living and the three daughters of the fifth child, who died sometime before this suit was begun in 1960.

After…