Arnold v. Heffner

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is an action in ejectment where the plaintiffs (appellants) set up title to 284 acres of unenclosed lands on Travis Branch in Jackson County, derived from two patents issued by the Commonwealth in July, 1850, and November, 1898, and charged that the defendants (appellees) were in wrongful possession of the land. They prayed that the defendants be ejected and the court adjudge the plaintiffs to be the owners in fee simple and entitled to be placed in possession.

The defendants denied the several allegations of the complaint which were material to the issues and prayed…