Foster v. Givens
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Error to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky. Ejectment by Robert M. Foster and others against James C. Givens and others. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error who were plaintiffs in the circuit court. The action was for the recovery of a tract of land described as containing 50,000 acres, being the same patented by the state of Kentucky, February 28,1779, to Abraham Morehouse. Plaintiffs claimed as heirs at law of Henry_ Banks, and, for the purpose of deraigning title to their ancestor 'from the patentee, Abraham Morehouse, offered in evidence a transcript of a record from the circuit court *685of Franklin county, Ky., wherein their ancestor was a complainant in…
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