Cravens v. White

Stayton, Chief Justice.—

Appellee brought this action to recover one hundred and twenty acres of land, a part of a survey granted to the heirs of James Dougherty as a part of his headright.

The survey of which the land in controversy is a part contains five hundred and twenty-six acres, and the balance of the headright, which consisted of 1380 acres, seems to have been embraced in another grant which also descended to the heirs of James Dougherty.

His heirs were his children Andrew Dougherty, Sarah Thomas, the appellee, and the children of a deceased son.

On the trial the following deeds were…