Lodge's Lessee v. Lee
Supreme Court of the United States
EJECTMENT by Lodge against Lee, for part of an island in the Potomac river, called Eden, but now generally called Lee’s island. The plaintiff’s lessor had taken' up the land in the year 1804, as vacant, supposing that the defendant’s claim must be bounded by the course and distance, allowing one degree or variation for every 20 years since the certificate of survey was made under which the defendant claims.
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EJECTMENT by Lodge against Lee, for part of an island in the Potomac river, called Eden, but now generally called Lee’s island. The plaintiff’s lessor had taken' up the land in the year 1804, as vacant, supposing that the defendant’s claim must be bounded by the course and distance, allowing one degree or variation for every 20 years since the certificate of survey was made under which the defendant claims. The defendant claimed under a patent from the lord proprietor of Maryland, dated in 1723, which granted to Thomas Li-e “ all that tract or upper island of land, called Eden, lying and…
1Opinion of the Court
The court below instructed the jury that the grant to Thomas Lee passed the • -whole of the island called Éden, and that the lessor of the plaintiff is not entitled to recover. • Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; ■which opinion and judgment were, by this court, without argument, affirmed.
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- Lodge's Lessee v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1810