Garnett v. Jenkins

This suit in chancery comes before this court, by an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Kentucky.

By the bill, and answers, and the agreement of the parties, the validity of the following entry is the only point presented for the decision of the court. “May 10th 1780, Reuben Gar-nett enters one thousand one hundred and sixty-four and two-thirds acres, upon a treasury warrant, on the seventh big fork, about thiity miles below Bryant’s station, that comes in on the north side of North Elkhorn, near the mouth of said creek, and running up on both sides thereof…