Callaway v. Armour

Head, Justice.

The general grounds of the motion for new trial and the motion in arrest of judgment may be considered together, since both motions attack the sufficiency of the description relied upon by the plaintiff to sustain a recovery by him. The plaintiff testified that he owns land on both sides of the present highway running through the property purchased by him from Richardson, and formerly conveyed to Mrs. Wicker by the heirs of Mrs. Lila M. Richardson. From the testimony of W. A. Broach, and the plats made by him, it appears that the present highway is 200 feet in width. There is no…