Kirk and Others, in Error v. Smith, Ex. Dem. Penn, in Error

22 U.S. 241

6 L.Ed. 81

9 Wheat. 241

KIRK and others, Plaintiffs in Error,

v.

SMITH, ex. dem. PENN, Defendant in Error.

February 5, 1824

ERROR to the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania. This was an ejectment, brought by the defendant in error, in the Court below, to recover the possession of certain lands in York county, in the State of Pennsylvania. On the 4th of March, 1681, Charles II. granted to William Penn, the ancestor of the lessor of the plaintiff below, that tract of country which now constitutes the State of Pennsylvania. The grant contains special powers to erect manors and to alien the lands,…