Lodge's Lessee v. Lee

10 U.S. 237

6 Cranch 237

3 L.Ed. 210

LODGE'S LESSEE

v.

LEE.

February Term, 1810

1

EJECTMENT by Lodge against Lee, for part of an island in the Potomac river, called Eden, but now generally called Lee's island.

2

The plaintiff's lessor had taken up the land in the year 1804, as vacant, supposing that the defendant's claim must be bounded by the course and distance, allowing one degree of variation for every 20 years since the certificate of survey was made under which the defendant claims.

3

The defendant claimed under a patent from the lord proprietor of Maryland, dated in 1723, which granted to Thomas…