Lessee of Croghan v. Nelson
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the court below. It was an ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district -of Kentucky.
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This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the court below. It was an ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district -of Kentucky. The case was this: . On the 16th of August, 1784, William Croghan, under whom the plaintiff claimed title, made the following entry: ■“ William Croghan, assignee, enters 1000 acres of land, part of a military warrant, No. 2023, beginning at a fork of Mayfield creek,- about two miles by water aboye Fort Jefferson, where a branch, occasiohed by the high Waters from the Mississippi, runs out of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKINLEY
This is a case certified to this court from the Circuit Court-for the district of Kentucky.
The plaintiffs brought an action of ejectment, in that court, against the defendants.; and to support their'.action, they read to the jury a patent for 1000 acres of- land, granted by tire state of Kentucky to Charles Croghan, hearing date the 29th of November,-1826, and provéd title in themselves by the will of the said Charles Croghan. The plat marked A was shown to the jury; and the surveyor proved, that the fork of Mayfield creek., at the letter A, was correctly laid down; that five huildred- poles;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McIver Lessee v. Walker and AnotherSupreme Court of the United States · 1815
3Cited by2 opinions
- Gale v. LancasterMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
- Kentucky Coal & Timber Development Co. v. Kentucky Union Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1914