Robinoe v. Doe, on the Demise of Colwell

This was an action of ejectment on the joint *demise of several persons for a lot of land in Vincennes. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff proved that Ambrose Mallet, deceased, was in possession of the premises in dispute “upwards of twenty years before the commencement of this suit, and within twenty years, under a claim of title,'” and that the plaintiff’s lessors were his heirs at law. The consent rule admitted the possession of the defendant at the time of the institution of the action. Here the plaintiff rested- his cause. The defendant moved the Court to direct a…