Patrick v. Woods

*29OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

Richard Calaway became entitled to 1400 acres of land, and died, leaving Patrick’s wife his heiress. Caleb Calaway claimed title to the land as heir to Richard, and in.1784 sold it to William Hay, who in the same year sold it to Woods. In the fall of the year 1784, Woods settled on the land, and has since made considerable improvements. There having been no patent obtained for the land, Patrick and his, wife, in her right as heir to Richard Calaway deceased, in 1791 procured one m their joint names ; alter which, in the same year, they both residing in…