Eakin v. Shumaker

This was a suit commenced by the appellee against the appellant, to recover a tract of land in the possession of the appellant. The defence set up was, that, although the certificate under which the location was made, was purchased by Shumaker, the plaintiff in the suit, and had been assigned to him, undoubtedly, by Lacy, to whom it had been issued, that it had been purchased for the joint benefit of plaintiff and the defendant, who were alleged to *52have been partners at the time. The defence offered, will be better understood by collating the facts as they appear from the record, material to…