Griffith v. Richards

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J.:

This was an action brought September 13, 1889, by the plaintiff in error, to quiet his title to eighty acres of land in Sumner county, as against the defendant in error. The defendant filed a cross-petition in ejectment and had judgment thereon in the court below.

The facts as found by the court are briefly as follows : The land in controversy was school land, and *258had been purchased by one Richmond in 1879, who received a certificate of purchase thereof as provided by statute. Griffith held this certificate by assignment, and was at the…