Phelps v. Hughes

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiffs allege that they own, under a regular chain of con*321veyances, ascending to the original grantee, Louis Duran, a tract of land, confirmed to him by an act of Congress passed on the 28th of February, 1823, and that they have had peaceable possession of said land, under just and legal titles translative of property, for more than fifteen years; that the defendants have illegally entered upon the land, built cabins, cut down timber, made enclosures, and established their residence there. They ask to be restored to their possession…