Polk's Lessee v. Hill, Windel, and Others

This was an action of ejectment, to which the defendants pleaded not guilty, and issue joined.

The plaintiff produced in evidence a grant from the State of North Carolina, to William Polk, for 5000 acres, dated April 17, 1800. This grant was founded on a removed warrant from John Armstrong's office, or the office opened pursuant to the Act of 1783, c. 2.2*

The plaintiff proved his boundaries, and that the defendants were settled within them.

The defendants produced a grant from the State of North Carolina to John Sevier for 25,060 acres, dated August 28, 1795, with mesne conveyances deduced from…