Ewell v. Brock

There was a verdict of a jury and judgment for the defendant in error, plaintiff in the court below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant in the court below.

The question upon the merits of the case is the identity of the land devised by the following clause of the will of John T. Batten, namely:

“I give, devise and bequeath unto my daughter, Lena Batten, the farm on which I now reside * * *”

At the date of his will and death, the testator owned land which he had acquired at different times in separate tracts or parcels, which lay contiguous to each other. The residence of the testator was…