Douglass v. Lewis

This is an action of covenant, and was instituted in the court below by the plaintiff, Douglass, on an alleged covenant of seizin contained in a deed of conveyance made by the defendant Charles W. Lewis and Jessie A. Lewis, his wife, on the thirteenth day of May, 1882. On that day Lewis and wife executed and ■delivered to Douglass this deed, conveying 160 acres of land lying in Bernalillo county, and received therefor $5,333.33, and on the same day put Douglass into possession of the premises. The declaration is founded upon an alleged breach of the covenant of seizin. To the declaration a…