Martin v. Johnson

The plaintiff and appellant claims a tract of land, part of which is in the possession of the defendant. The title which he presents, is a certificate of the commissioners of the land office, containing a settlement right, the history of which is as follows: in the year 1790, or 1791, one Jesse Kirkland began some clearing on the land in contest, which was then a part of a tract of country assigned to the Choctaw tribe of Indians, a long time before. Kirkland's clearing consisted of two or three acres of ground, on which he had cut the canes and planted some corn: he never lived there, and…