Dorsey v. Olive Sternenberg & Co.

JAMES, Chief Justice.

The action is to recover several tracts of land of 320 acres each patented to Greenbury Dorsey by virtue of duplicate Thomas Toby scrip.

After instructing the jury to find for certain portions of the land in favor of certain defendants, the court submitted the case as between the other parties upon the issue whether the Greenbury Dorsey through whom the plaintiffs claim, was the same Greenbury Dorsey to whom the lands were granted, or whether the Greenbury Dorsey under whom defendants claim was the original grantee, and the charge further instructed the jury to find for…