Wilson v. Watson

Opinion Op The Court By

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

*325This is an action of ejectment wherein appellant, T. J Wilson, seeks to recover of appellee, Aaron Watson, two tracts of land containing one hundred acres each, situated west of Island No. 3 in the Mississippi River. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee, and from the judgment predicated thereon this appeal is prosecuted.

Island No. 3 was granted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to Price and Edrington on September 19th, 1837. In the patent it was described as an island, and conveyed as an island. The Commonwealth of…