Hunt v. Wickliffe
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an appeal from thé circuit court of Kentucky, in which court the appellants had filed a bill against the appellee, claiming from him a conveyance of'the legal title to certain lands in the state of Kentucky, to which the ap-pellee had the legal'title; but by the- appellants it was alleged, that they had a prior equitable title, derived under certain entries made in the land office of that state.
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THIS was an appeal from thé circuit court of Kentucky, in which court the appellants had filed a bill against the appellee, claiming from him a conveyance of'the legal title to certain lands in the state of Kentucky, to which the ap-pellee had the legal'title; but by the- appellants it was alleged, that they had a prior equitable title, derived under certain entries made in the land office of that state. The bill was dismissed by the circuit without costs, and from the decree of dismissal an appeal was entered to this Court. . The defendant, Robert Wickliffe, claimed the land under patents to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a suit in chancery, brought by the plaintiffs in^„.. court of the United States for the seventh circuit and district of Kentucky, to obtain a conveyance of lands, to which the defendant has a legal title, but to which the plaintiffs claim the equitable title, under prior entries which they al- . lege to be valid. At the hearing, the bill was dismissed with costs. From this decree the plaintiffs have appealed to this Court.
The plaintiffs derive their title from John Floyd, deceased. As the patent of the defendant is anterior to that under whieh the plaintiffs claim, their equitable…
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