Jones v. Snapp

Totten, J.:

We have not been able to rest this case upon any satisfactory ground of equity jurisdiction.

The objects of the bill are to declare the title of the defendant W. P. House a void title, and to enjoin him from digging ore upon the premises in dispute.

The land was originally granted in 1811 ; and by several mesne conveyances and covenants to convey, the equitable title was vested in one Brobson, who conveyed to one Greorge House in 1815. In 1826 Greorge House entered the land in the name of his son W. P. House, and in 1836 obtained a grant of the land, and held it from that time, as he…