McAninch v. Freeman

Gaines, Associate Justice.

The plaintiff in court below (who is defendant in error), brought this suit against defenddants below, for the recovery of a tract of land described in his petition. The cause was submitted to a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff and defendants below now bring this writ of error.

The plaintiff below claimed under a patent to Joseph Washington, No. 73, of a league, and the defendants under a survey *446and patent in the name of George Allen. The case presents á question of boundary. The Washington is the older patent and if it embraces the land covered by the…