Johnson v. Mary-Leila Cotton Mills

This is a complaint for land, brought in the statutory form to recover a portion of a lot in the City of Greensboro. The plaintiff claimed title by inheritance as the sole heir at law of his wife, who was Emma Baugh, and who held under a deed of gift from her father, Phillip Baugh. The defendant claimed under deed from R. L. Caldwell and J. G. Eaust, who had obtained deed from Mrs. A. V. Palmer, the widow and one of the heirs of John C. Palmer, deceased, and to whom all of the children of herself and John C. Palmer had executed a deed. The jury found a verdict in favor of the defendant, and…