Roten v. Hicks

AVERY, P. J. (W. S.).

This cause was heard before the Chancellor on oral testimony by consent of the parties, and the bill of exceptions consists of about two typewritten pages purporting to show the substance of the proof in greatly condensed narrative form.

Certified copies of all the deeds and transactions which occurred with respect to the real estate are exhibits to the pleadings, and made parts thereof.

The question to be determined is whether or not, at the time the bill was filed in this cause, Albert M. Hicks was the owner, in fee simple, of the tract of land involved, conveyed to him…