Brush v. Ware
Supreme Court of the United States
THE appellees, John H. Ware.and others,-heirs of John Hockaday, an officer in the Virginia line on the continental'establishment, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Ohio, against the appellant, Henry Brush, and against others, for the recovery of certain lands in the state of Ohio, in the military reservation. John Hockaday was entitled, under the acts and resolutions of Congress, to four thousand acres, in the Virginia military reserve.
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THE appellees, John H. Ware.and others,-heirs of John Hockaday, an officer in the Virginia line on the continental'establishment, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Ohio, against the appellant, Henry Brush, and against others, for the recovery of certain lands in the state of Ohio, in the military reservation. John Hockaday was entitled, under the acts and resolutions of Congress, to four thousand acres, in the Virginia military reserve. Afterwards, on the motion of the complainants, the bill was dismissed as to all the defendants, except Henry Brush; and a decree havihg been entered in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M'Lean
This, is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Ohio.
In their bill the complainants represent, that they are the only heirs and legal representatives of John Hockaday, late of the county of New Kent, in the commonwealth of Virginia.
That Hockaday in the Revolution was a captain in the Virginia line on continental establishment, which, under the acts and resolutions of Congress entitled him to four thousand acres of land, in the Virginia reservation, within the state of Ohio. That in 1799*Hockaday died, leaving as his only child and heir Hannah C. Ware, who had intermarried with…
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