Norton v. Aiken

Mrs. M. E. Norton, as administratrix of W. J. Norton, brought her action to recover a house and lot in the town of Union Point, alleged to be in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Aiken. In the plaintiff’s abstract of title it -appeared that the deed upon which she relied as putting title in her intestate was one executed by Josephine F. Stokes to W. J. Norton on November 10, 1890, to secure a debt of $135.04. The deed was duly recorded on November 25, 1890. The defendant pleaded prescription and payment, and in her plea admitted that W. A. Aiken, under whom she claimed, took title under the…