Morris v. Keil

By the Court.

Berry, J.

The plaintiff, claiming to be the owner and in possession of a certain tract of land, brought this action to recover- damages .for trespasses alleged to have been committed thereupon by defendant.

To maintain his title and possession, plaintiff offered in evidence the record of a quit-claim deed of the locus in quo, running to himself, the introductory and in testimonium, clauses of which, together with the form of execution, are as follows, viz.: “ Know all men by these presents, that, the Oxford Female College, (an institution of learning duly and legally incorporated,)…