Fouke v. Ray

By the Court,

Smith, J.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error.

The bill of exceptions discloses the following case :

The plaintiff claimed title to the lands described in the declaration, by virtue of a judgment rendered in his favor against the defendant and one Samuel F. M. Fretwell, in an action of covenant, an execution, sale, and sheriff’s deeds thereon. The judgment was rendered in the District Court of the United States for the Territory of "Wisconsin, on the 17th day of September, 1844.

On the 10th day of October, 1844, a ft. fa.…