Manchester v. Doddridge

Blackford, J. —

The plaintiffs in error brought an action of disseizin against the defendant in error for certain undivided shares, of real estate in Wayne county. The suit was commenced in August, 1847.

Pleas — 1st, not guilty; 2dly, the cause of action accrued more than twenty years next before the commencement of the suit.

Verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The facts relative to the plaintiffs’ title are as follows:

The land in controversy originally belonged to one Philip Doddridge. He had, among other children, one daughter, named Nancy, who, in 1806, married one Benjamin Manchester. The…