Cornellison v. Cornellison

JUDGE HAB.DIN

delivered the opinion oe the court :

The appellant, Susannah CorneUison, sued the appel- • lee, who is her son, in an ordinary action, to recover a tract of land, alleged to contain about sixty acres.

The appellee resisted a recovery, both by a general denial of the material facts necessary to a recovery, and upon the further alleged ground that, for about ten years, during which time he had been in possession, he had worked and labored for the appellant, and paid her money to the amount of the value of the land, and at her request, and with the understanding between him and her,…