Nelson v. Davis

This was an action by the appellants against the appellee, to recover possession of certain real estate. The plaintiffs claimed as heirs-at-law of William and Jane Rogers. William and Jane Rogers, for the consideration of *367eight hundred dollars, had conveyed the property to Preston C. Rogers and John Cox, as trustees for Elizabeth Rogers, by deed dated November 8th, 1842, with the following habendum clause: “To have and to hold the above bargained and sold premises with the appurtenances unto them, the said Preston C. Rogers and John Cox, as trustees for the said Elizabeth, and for her sole…