Hawkins' H'rs v. King

Judge Owsley

delivered the opinion of the court.

The heirs of James Hawkins, deceased, having obtained a judgment for the land now in contest, King exhibited his bill in equity for the purpose of enjoining the proceedings at law, and obtaining a conveyance of their title.

King asserted his equity under a purchase made by him of a certain Walter Wyatt. He charges in his bill that the ancestor, James Hawkins, had previously sold the land to Wyatt, and supposing that Wyatt was invested with the title, he was induced, by the advice of the said James, to make the purchase, and accordingly received…