Robinson v. Huff

Opinion op the Court.

THIS is an ejectment, in which the lessor of the-plaintiff below gave in evidence a title derived from the commonwealth. The defendant then gave in evidence a patent of elder date, granted to Banks and Claiborne, who were strangers to this controversy, covering the contested premises. To avoid the effect of this, the plaintiff produced and read a certified extract from the books of the auditor of public accounts, showing that the claim of Banks and Claibprne was sold to the state for taxes, in 1806-, and never redeemed. The court below then, at the instance of the…