Waterfield v. Waterfield

By Judge h. w. Mackenzie, Jr.

The exceptions filed by Grace Woodhouse Prince to the original and amended reports of the Commissioner in Chancery challenge the jurisdiction of this court to resolve the question of title between the Waterfields and Prince in this suit and also questions the correctness of the Commissioner’s conclusion in finding that the Waterfields had title to the subject land. The ruling of the Court on the first of the above-mentioned exceptions will obviate the necessity of considering the second.

The bill alleges that the complainant’s father, John C. Waterfield, died about…