Stokes v. Clark

This was an. action by W. L. Stokes against John Clark and J. A. Metcalf, to recover an undivided half interest in a described "tract of land, mesne profits, and for an accounting. Upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence a judgment of non-suit was entered, and error is assigned thereon. The material parts of the evidence are as follows: In 1872 George Tittle died, seized and possessed of several lots of land, and left surviving him a widow and ten children as his heirs at law, one of whom was the wife of John Clark. His real estate was sold bjr his administrator, and one of the lots…