Candler v. . Lunsford

After the lessor of the plaintiff had made out his case by showing a grant from the State for the lands in dispute, dated 10 January, 1829, and that the defendants were in possession of the said lands, the defendants offered in evidence a copy of a grant from the State to one John G. Blount, of older date than the one to the lessor of the plaintiff, and covering the whole of one of the tracts claimed by the lessor of the plaintiff, and also a large body of land not claimed either by the plaintiff's lessor or the defendants. An affidavit was also offered by the defendants in which it was…