Boswell's Lessee v. Otis
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States fot Ohio, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an ejectment brought by Boswell, a citizen of Kentucky, against Rodolphus Dickinson and others, tenants in possession, to recover tract number seven in the United States reserve, of two miles square, at Lower Sandusky, in the State of Ohio. Dickinson having died, his heirs and representatives, were now parties.
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This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States fot Ohio, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an ejectment brought by Boswell, a citizen of Kentucky, against Rodolphus Dickinson and others, tenants in possession, to recover tract number seven in the United States reserve, of two miles square, at Lower Sandusky, in the State of Ohio. Dickinson having died, his heirs and representatives, were now parties. Before relating the proceedings in the ejectment, it is proper to notice some other occurrences which were prior in time. In May, 1825,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This case is before us on points certified, on which the opinions of the judges of the. Circuit Court of the United States for Ohio were opposed.
■ In 1825, a bill was filed by Thomas L. Hawkins, in the Court of Common Pleas for Sandusky County, Ohio, against Thomas E. Boswell and others, which represented that, in the year 1816, Boswell, of the State of Kentucky, the complainant, Reed, and Owings agreed to build a saw-mill on the public land,, with. the. view of purchasing the land when jold by the government.’ Boswell and Owings advanced a part of the money .;, the complainant was to. bé the…
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