Chinoweth v. Lessee of Haskell
Supreme Court of the United States
WRIT of error to the district court of the western district of Virginia. This case was argued by Mr Doddridge, for the plaintiff in error, no counsel appearing for the defendant. He contended :. 1. That Wilsoii does not prove the making of any actual survey of the three last lines, and all that he does prove is that he protracted them. 2..
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WRIT of error to the district court of the western district of Virginia. This case was argued by Mr Doddridge, for the plaintiff in error, no counsel appearing for the defendant. He contended :. 1. That Wilsoii does not prove the making of any actual survey of the three last lines, and all that he does prove is that he protracted them. 2.. That in protracting the line D. E. he guessed at a course and distance whicu' he supposed would reach Young’s corner ; which he missed about five miles. 3. That he only proves it to have been his intention to go to Young’s corner. He did not in…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr Chief Justice- Marshall
delivered the opinion of . the court.
• The judgment in this cause was rendered by the court .of the United States^ for the western district of Virginia, in ah ejectment brought by the defendants in error, to recover fifty thousand acres of land, a part ol which was in the occupation of the defendants in the court below. The defendants in that court disclaimed as to the part of the land for which judgment was entered against the casual ejector, and went to trial as to the residue. The original plaintiff? having the eldest title, the case depended entirely on the…
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