Burtis Ringo v. Charles Binns

35 U.S. 269

10 Pet. 269

9 L.Ed. 420

BURTIS RINGO, JAMES ELLIOTT, JOHN COLLINS, JOHN

ELLIOTT, JAMES LAWRENCE, THOMAS WATSON, ATHEY ROWE,

GEORGE MUSE, SEN. AND GEORGE MUSE, JUN., APPELLANTS

v.

CHARLES BINNS AND ELIJAH HIXON, STEPHEN HIXON, NOAH

HIXON, JOHN HIXON, WILLIAM HIXON AND TIMOTHY HIXON, HEIRS OF

TIMOTHY HIXON DECEASED.

January Term, 1836

1

ON appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky.

2

The facts, as stated in the opinion of the court, were the following:

3

The object of this appeal is to reverse the decree of the circuit court, by which the appellants were…