Sampson v. Grimes

— Assumpsit for the use and occupation of a ferry with its appurtenances across the Wabash river near Delphi. The declaration contained one special and two common counts. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

On the trial, Grimes, the plaintiff below, offered in evidence a title-bond for the land adjoining the ferry executed by James H. Stewart, the patentee of the land, dated March the 9th, 1836; also a deed in fee-simple from Stewart for the *177same land, dated November the 9th, 1838 ; and offered to prove their execution by said Stewart. It appeared that_…