Shannon v. Taylor

The record presents a history of the actings of the parties in interest, in relation to the subject of the present controversy, extending through a period of twenty years, and various rulings of the Court upon the trial, which, in the view we entertain of the merits of the case, it does not become necessary to examine in detail. The decision of the case, in our opinion, depends upon the application of the well settled rules of law, to a few evident and indisputable facts, disclosed by the record, and does not necessarily involve an inquiry into all the various questions, which were raised…