Brown v. Huger
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The counsel for the plaintiffs in error made the following points: 1. That the court withdrew from the jury all questions touching the proof of the patent and the particular boundaries thereof, though the defendants’ cases consisted in showing the boundaries in the only copy of the patent produced to be erroneous, and the patent itself appeared to have issued irregularly, and without a precedent survey for the patentee.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This was an action of ejectment instituted by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant, in the Circuit Court of the county of Jefferson, in the State of Virginia..
The locus in quo being held and occupied by the defendant as an officer of the United States, and in virtue of their right and authority, the suit was, under the act of Congress of 1789, removed, upon petition, to. the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, within which district the property in dispute is situated. The claim of the plaintiffs is founded on.a patent from the Lieutenant Governor…
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