Lessee of Clymer v. Dawkins
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the district of .Kentucky. There .were three tenants, in common of a'tract- of land in Kentucky, and the question .was, how far. thé possession of the occupiers,' holding under two o'f the three, constituted an adverse possession against the third, so as to entitle them to the benefit of the' Statute of Limitation.
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This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the district of .Kentucky. There .were three tenants, in common of a'tract- of land in Kentucky, and the question .was, how far. thé possession of the occupiers,' holding under two o'f the three, constituted an adverse possession against the third, so as to entitle them to the benefit of the' Statute of Limitation. In 1806, a patent' was issued by the Governor of Kentucky to George Clymer for one-third, and Charles Lynch and John Blanton for two-thirds of a certain tract or parcel of land, containing…
1Opinion of the Court
■Mr. Justice STORY
delivered the opinion of the court.
' This is the case of a writ of ¡error to the Circuit Court of the district of Kentucky. The original suit .was añ ejectment for a. certain tract of land, in Kentucky, containing eleven thousand acres; and upon the trial, upon the general issue, a verdict was found for the defendants, upon which judgment passed for them. A bill of exceptions was taken by the plaintiff, to the opinions of the court at the" trial; and to revise those opinions, the-present writ of error is brought by the plaintiff.
On the 24th of December, 1806, a patent for…
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