Stoneroad v. Stoneroad

The defendant in error, George W. Stoneroad, brought an action of ejectment against the plaintiff in error, James P. Stoneroad, to recover possession of two pieces or tracts of land, alleged to be within and constituting a portion of a larger tract known as the “Preston Beck Grant, ” situated in San Miguel county. The two pieces of land occupied by defendant at the date of the commencement of this suit, and held adversely by him, lie within the boundary calls of the Preston Beck grant, but without the limits of a survey thereof, made by the government without notice to the owners, and in…