Wright v. Lancaster

Roberts, Chief Justice.

This is an action to try the title to fifty acres of land. The defendants answered, by filing general exceptions, a general denial, and pleas of the statute of limitations of three, five, and ten years.

Both parties rely on their paper titles, and no other evidence was adduced upon the trial.

There was no objection made to the admission of any of the evidence, except to the instrument purporting to be a recorded deed, from E. W. Lancaster and Elizabeth Lancaster, to Reuben Bowen, George W. Lancaster, and James B. Lancaster, under which the defendants claim to hold the…