Talbott v. Todd

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Todd purchased of Waller, as the agent of Breckinridge, a tract of land of about five hundred acres, lying in Gallatin county. Todd afterwards agreed with Talbott, to let him into an equal interest in the purchase, upon his paying him one half of the purchase money.

An action of ejectment was prosecuted in the name of Breckinridge, against one Buchannon, who was in possession of the land, at the time of Todd’s purchase, for its recovery. A judgment being obtained, and commissioners appointed to assess the value of improvements and rents, under the…