Bounds v. Bounds

Plaintiff instituted this action of' ejectment in the Circuit Court of Knox county, in January, 1870.

*319"Verdict and Judgment were rendered against him, and he has appealed in error to this court.

The parties are sons of Francis Bounds, and both claim title under him, the plaintiff, under a deed of 3d January, 1859. The defendant claims that he was placed in possession of a tract of 172 acres (75 of which is sued for in this action) by his father, in March, 1844, who had it surveyed and the boundaries marked, and that he has ever since claimed the same adversely and held possession thereof up to…