Hampton's Lessee v. M'ginnis
Tennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity
Ejectment. Plea not guilty. The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under a grant upon a county warrant for 262 acres to Jacob Warmack, dated the 24th of October, 1782. A deed from Warmack to himself was produced. The defendant claimed under a grant to William Richie, upon a county warrant for 300 acres, dated the 18th of November, 1788, describing certain metes and bounds.
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Ejectment. Plea not guilty. The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under a grant upon a county warrant for 262 acres to Jacob Warmack, dated the 24th of October, 1782. A deed from Warmack to himself was produced. The defendant claimed under a grant to William Richie, upon a county warrant for 300 acres, dated the 18th of November, 1788, describing certain metes and bounds. Inman conveyed the same to M'Namee, by deed of the 19th of September, 1789, and M'Namee conveyed to the defendant 230 acres part if the 300 by deed dated the 23d of May, 1793. This cause was lengthily and ingeniously argued by…
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[S. C., 2 Tenn. 9.]
Ejectment, plea not guilty. — The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under a grant upon a county warrant for 262 acres to Jacob Warmack, dated the 24th of October, 1782. A deed from Warmack to himself was produced.
The defendant claimed under a grant to William Richie, upon a county warrant for 300 acres, dated the 18th of November, 1788, describing certain metes and bounds. Inman conveyed the same to M'Namee, by deed of the 19th of September, 1789, and M'Namee conveyed to the defendant 230 acres part of the 300 acres by deed dated the 23d of May, 1793.
This cause was lengthily…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hampton's Lessee v. M'ginnisTennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity · 1805
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