Smith v. Shaw

The demandant is the sole heir of David Gloyd, who died in 1886, seised of the demanded premises, leaving one child, the demandant, who was then nine years of age, and a widow, the mother of the demandant. The widow was entitled to dower in the land, but her dower was never assigned to her, and she conveyed the land in 1849 by warranty deed to one Floyd, from whom by mesne conveyances it has come to the tenant. The widow died in 1879; the tenant and those under whom she claims have been in adverse possession of the land since 1849. The demandant asked the court to rule “ that the statute of…