Shrowyer v. Cates

*300Opinion of the Court by

Judge Owsley.

This is a contest between adverse claimants to land; the claim of each originating under he laws of this State, and founded upon certificates of settlement granted by the county court of Christian.

Cates being the elder patentee, and having recovered in ejectment, Shrowyer filed his bill in enquity for relief, claiming under Andrew Reed, to whom, he. alleges a certificate was granted by the county court of Christian, for four hundred acres of land, containing the following location:

"Christian County Court,

February Term. 1803.

“No. 1075. Andrew Reed locates…