Den v. Turner

22 U.S. 541 (1824)

9 Wheat. 541

Den ex dem. WALKER

v.

TURNER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 19, 1824.

This was an ejectment brought in May, 1818, in the Circuit Court for the District of Tennessee, by the plaintiff in error, to recover possession of a lot of ground in the town of Nashville, distinguished in the plan of the town, as lot No. 85. Upon the trial of the cause, the plaintiff gave in evidence, a deed for the lot in controversy, from the commissioners of the town of Nashville to the lessor of the plaintiff, bearing date the 6th of August, 1790, and then proved the defendant to be in…