Toms v. Knighton

1. Where the petitioner purchased described lands under a parol agreement and paid the purchase price in full, obtaining a deed which by inadvertence of the grantor failed to include a 13-acre tract embraced in the parol purchase, and immediately entered into possession, the perfect equity, equivalent to legal title, thus acquired by him was limited to the portion of the 13 acres actually occupied.

2. Where such purchaser subsequently brought an action to restrain from trespassing upon the 13 acre tract a named defendant who, prior to the time when the petitioner obtained a deed to the land in…