Swainson v. Scott

delivered, the opinion of the court.

This is an ejectment bill to recover a tract of land comprising 3,860 acres, more or less, situated in Monroe county, Tenn. Defendant denied complainants’ title and averred a superior title to all the land claimed. ('omplainants, in the deraignment of their title from the State, have failed to produce any grant to the land in controversy. It is not insisted that complainants have had sufficient possession under a color of title, or otherwise, to perfect their title under the statute of limitations.

It is well settled that, in order to maintan ejectment, the…