Heirs of Nat. Watrous v. McKie

Gould, Associate Justices

The heirs of Nathaniel Watrous were the plaintiffs in this suit of trespass to try title to the John Yerbe 960-acre survey, patented to their ancestor in 1846, their petition being filed in 1855. Jacob Elliott, who became the sole defendant in this suit, claimed that part of the Yerbe tract which was in conflict with the Rachel Leach league. As the owner of that league and another adjoining league under grants in 1835, Elliott had in 1852 brought suit against D. R. Mitchell, J. L. McKinney, B. L. Ham and numerous other defendants claiming under junior grants…