Ross v. Doe on the Demise of Barland
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Supreme Court of the state of -Mississippi. This action of.' ejectment was originally instituted ;by the lessee of .the defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of' the state of Mississippi, citizens of that stated against Allison Ross, the .plaintiff in.error, to recover a tract of land lying in that -state.
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ERROR to the Supreme Court of the state of -Mississippi. This action of.' ejectment was originally instituted ;by the lessee of .the defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of' the state of Mississippi, citizens of that stated against Allison Ross, the .plaintiff in.error, to recover a tract of land lying in that -state. The plajntiff,, in that Court, obtained a verdict for the land, and-on the trial .of the cause a bill of exceptions" was taken to .the opinion of the Circuit Court, upon'certain instruc- . tions which .were refused to be given;. when required, by the counsel for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thimble
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
This was an action of ejectment, originally instituted in a Circuit Court of the state of Missisippi.
Upon'the'trial of the cause, i'n the Court of original jurisdiction, the de&ndant excepted.-to the opinión of the Court, in overruling instructions moved on his part, to be given to the .jury, and also.to the instructions given by the Court, at the trial of the cause.; In the bill of exceptions tendered by the plaintiff in error in thé Court below, are inserted the titles of the parties to the land in controversy, • and the facts, upon which the questions of…
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