Nichols v. Wells

The appellants claim, under an entry for 800 acres of land, made in the name of William McConnell, the 18th day of May, 1780, on a common treasury warrant, and the appellee claims under a certificate of pre-emption for one thousand acres of land, granted to him as heir-at-law of Samuel Wells, deceased, by the county court of Bourbon, on the — day of September, 1786.

The principal point to be settled in this suit is, did the land law authorize the county court of Bourbon to grant Wells a certificate for a pre-emption right, which would be paramount to the right previously acquired by McConneirs…