M'Kellip v. M'Ilhenny

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

—M’Kellip, the plaintiff in error, was the defendant below, and it appears from the evidence that he and the plaintiff below severally owned a tract or parcel of land, adjoining to each other, lying on a stream of water called Pine Run, which runs through both tracts. The land belonging to the plaintiff below lies above that of the defendant on the stream. These parcels of land were purchased originally from the state by an association of persons known and called by the name of the Holland Land Company. The legal title for that part of the…