Mosby v. Carland

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Wauace.--

"-^e entr}’ and survey on which Mosby and Craig rely, seem to be proven and conceded ta be correct ; and therefore, as they were complainants in the court below, *s Pr0Per to investigate the validity of the settlement and pre-emption on which the defendants in that court place their reliance. The location of the settlement wdb die commissioners, and its entry with the surveyor, areas follows : “ December 23d, 1779, David Gass this day claimed a settlement and pre-emption to a tract °^anA &c. lying on the dividing ridge of the south fork of Elkhorn and…