Ward v. Lee

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Bibb.

— Ward in ejectment vs. Lee, by virtue of a grant, bearins date on the 19th day of July, 1786, pursuant to a survey, executed by authority of a treasury warrant, entered on the 10th day of April, 1784, in the name °* sa‘d Ward, as assignee of Joseph Matthews, for 2000 acres.

Lee exhibited his bill in chancery, praying an injunc-aSa'nst this judgment at law, and for a conveyance of the elder title for so much of the 2000 acres as interfered with his prior equitable claim, derived as here-jnafter sej forth ; and alleging also, that Ward has sur-veyeu contrary…