Proffit v. Williams

Williams suedProffitin ejectment, for 2000 acres of land.lying in Grainger county, west of the line commonly called Brown’s line. Proffit pleaded not guilty.

The plaintiff, on the trial in the circuit court, gave in *90evidence a grant for 2000 acres to Jesse Beene, dated in 1788, a deed from Jesse Beene to Richard Mitchel, dated in 1801, a deed from the Marshal of East Tennessee, (founded upon a judgment of the federal court' against Richard Mitchell,) to Joseph Grier, dated in 1805, and a deed from Grier to the lessor of the plaintiff dated in 1812, which grant and deeds cover the land in…