Dickerson's Heirs v. Talbot's Ex'ors

Judge Simpson

delivered the opinion of the court,

This action of ejectment was brought by the appellees against the appellants for four thousand acres of land in the county of Grant. The suit was removed, by the agreement of the parties, to Gallatin county, where it was twice tried, the first trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants in the action, but a new trial having been awarded at the instance of the plaintiffs, they obtained a verdict and judgment on the second trial from which the defendants have appealed.

The title under which the plaintiffs claimed the land is as follows: A patent…