Richard Smith, Lessee of John Lanning v. John Vaughan

35 U.S. 366

10 Pet. 366

9 L.Ed. 457

RICHARD SMITH, LESSEE OF JOHN LANNING, PLAINTIFF

v.

JOHN VAUGHAN ET AL.

January Term, 1836

1

On a certificate of division, from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania.

2

At April session 1814, an action of ejectment was commenced by the plaintiff in the circuit court of Pennsylvania; and after various preparatory proceedings, on the 15th of October 1821, a jury having been empannelled; by agreement of the opposite parties, the term laid in the declaration was enlarged to seventeen years: and on the 17th of October 1821, the jury found…