Wilkinson v. Leland
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of Rhode Island. This case came before the Court upon a bill of exceptions tendered by the plaintiff in error, they having been defendants below, on the trial of the cause in the circuit-court.
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ERROR to the circuit court of Rhode Island. This case came before the Court upon a bill of exceptions tendered by the plaintiff in error, they having been defendants below, on the trial of the cause in the circuit-court. In that court the defendants in error instituted an ejectment for the recovery of a- lot of ground called “ The Swamp Lot,” lying in North Providence in the state of Rhode Island-; which lot of ground was, with other lands, devised by Jonathan'Jenckes of Winchester in the state of New Hampshire, by his last will and testament, dated the 17th of January 1787, to his daughter…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the circuit, court of the district of Rhode Island, in ¿ case where the plaintiff in error was-defendant in, the court below.. The original action Was an ejectment, in the nature of a real action, according to the local practice, to recover a parcel of land in North Providence in that staté. There were, several -pleas pleaded of' the statute of limitations, Upon which it is unnecessary to say any thing, as the questions thereon have been waived at the bar. ' The cause was tried upon the general issue; and, by consent of. the parties, a verdict was taken for the…
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