Hawes v. Elam

Hawes, as administrator of the estate of Hector Thomas, brought ejectment against Elam. The court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted.

In the brief of evidence it is recited, that it was admitted “that Hector Thomas, the deceased, was the common grantor, and that Hawes was the administrator of his estate;” also, that Thomas died seized and possessed of the lands in controversy. The defendant “introduced in evidence a certified copy, from the court of ordinary of Stewart county, of the year’s support setting apart 300 acres of land, valued at $2 per acre, without…