Johnson v. Pannel's Heirs

delivered the, opinion of the court.

This case depends on the validity and constructioh of an entry made in the state of Kentucky by David Pannel, the ancestor of the appellees, in these words: ** David Pannel enters 2,000 acres on a treasury warrant on the Ohio, about twelve-miles below the mouth of Licking, beginning at a hiccory and sugar tree on the river bank, running .up the rivér fróta thence 1,060 poles, thence at right angle» io the same and back for quantity.”

The appellant having obtained an elder patént fór the same land on a junior entry, the appellees brought a bill in the circuit…