Madison's Heirs v. Owens

Opinion of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

THIS was an ejectment, brought by the appellants in the court below, to recover the possession of a tract of land, the title whereof they asserted under a patent which issued from the commonwealth of Virginia to the Rev. James Madison. The trial was had in that court on the general issue, and, under the instructions of the court, a verdict was found for the appellee. Exceptions were taken to the opinion of the court, and the only question made in this court, involves the correctness of the instructions given by that court.

To show their title to the land,…