Dunn v. Games

OPINION OF THE COURT. This action of ejectment is brought to recover possession of a certain tract of land in the Virginia military district, claimed by the lessor of the plaintiff, and of which the defendants are in possession. To show his title the plaintiff gave in evidence a patent for the land from the United States, to David Buchanan. And then offered in evidence a deed from David Carriek Buchanan to Walter Sterling, dated 22d May, 1S25. In this deed the grantor stated that he had been formerly called David Buchanan, and that it was executed in conformity with a decree of the circuit…