“Then how does he claim under him?”
“He does not claim under him. Nicholas Parks had his possession from my father.”
“You mean that your father owned it first?”
“Yes.”
“Did he sell to Nicholas?”
“No.”
“Then how did old Nicholas come to own it?”
“He never owned it; my father permitted him to use it.”
“Then your claim is that old Nicholas was just a tenant for life.”
“Yes,” replied the School-teacher, “that was it, a tenant for life.”