Shipp v. Miller's Heirs
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court for the district of Kentucky.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a bill in equity brought by the appellees, who are the heirs at law and devisees of Henry Miller, deceased, to be relieved against the claims óTthe appellants under prior patents to á tract oflanfc^ to which the appellees assert a prior equitable title under a prior entry by their ancestor.
On the 11th of December, 1782, the said Henry Miller made the following entry: “ Henry Miller enters 1,687 ácres of land on a Treasury Warrant, Nd. 6,168, adjoining Chapman Aston on the west side, and Israel Christian on the north, beginning at Christian’s northwest corner, running thence west 200…
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