Hobson v. Huxtable

Root, 0.

In our former opinion, ante, p. 334, may be found a. statement of the facts in this case. A rehearing has been granted and the entire record presented for our consideration.

1. The defendants Huxtable insist that the record does not disclose that Anna E. Hobson owned the real estate1 in litigation in fee simple; that they stipulated only that she died seized of the real estate; that seizin may be for life or for years, and fall far short of an estate in fee1 simple; that, as they had interposed the defense of title by adverse possession, the heirs of Anna E. Hobson must trace their…