Wartelle v. King

The defendants purchased, on the 6th January, 1852, at probate sale, a tract of land belonging to the succession of George King, deceased. The plaintiff had, by sufferance of the owner, enclosed and cultivated this land, (which adjoined land belonging to himself,) for several years. That the plaintiff had no title to the land himself, and that the same belonged to George King's succession, is not only proved by his acknowledgments, as testified by his own witness, but by his act, in attending the probate sale, and bidding for the property. In fact, the ownership of the land is stated in the…