James v. Davis

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

The appellants are the children and grandchildren of Hawkens Jackson, who died twelve or thirteen years ago. On August 9th, 1848, a patent was granted to Haw-kens Jackson for one hundred acres of land on the Trace Pork of the Left Hand Pork of Brushy Creek, in Pike county. On the 13th day of April, 1912, the appellants instituted this action in the Pike circuit court for the recovery of the tract of land, which had been granted to their ancestor, against the appellee, Sam M. Davis, who they alleged was unlawfully in the possession of it and…