Simonton v. Thompson

Complaint in a suit to recover land. Answer, the general issue. Trial by jury. Yerdiet for defendant. Motion for a new trial denied. Judgment on the verdict. The evidence is not in the record.

The court instructed the jury as follows:

“ The court deems the whole matter at issue, between the parties in this case, to be settled by the deed executed by the plaintiff, to one Cornish, under whom the defendant claims title to the land in controversy, and will, therefore, instruct you upon that point only. By this deed, which the defendant puts in evidence,' the plaintiff conveyed certain land to…