M'Millan v. Brown

Judge Logan

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover part of a lot in the town of Cynthiana.

Brown; the lessor of the plaintiff, deduces his title thro’ several mesne conveyances from the trustees of said town.

By an act of the general assembly, passed in 1793, after reciting that a town had been laid off on the land of Robert Harrison into convenient streets and alleys, the town was established and the right vested in trustees, who were authorised to sell and convey the lots. The lessor of the plaintiff derives his title under the provisions of this…