Garrett v. Weaver

Stayton, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellee to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land embraced in a tract of six hundred and forty acres, patented to *464the appellants on December 10, 1883. There are many assignments- of error, but, without considering them in detail, we will notice such matters as are conclusive of the rights of the parties under the facts shown by the record. The appellants holding under a patent, in no way shown to be invalid, unless the appellee shows a superior right to the tract sued for having its origin prior to the date of the patent the judgment is…