McArthur v. Porter
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. The case agreed by the counsel for the plaintiffs in error and for the defendants in this court, was as follows:. “ This was an action of ejectment which came up on a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of OhioC One of the questions in dispute on the trial of the cause below, was the boundary line between the lands of the plaintiff and defendant.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. The case agreed by the counsel for the plaintiffs in error and for the defendants in this court, was as follows:. “ This was an action of ejectment which came up on a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of OhioC One of the questions in dispute on the trial of the cause below, was the boundary line between the lands of the plaintiff and defendant. Surveys had been made of the premises in dispute according to the pretensions of each party. These surveys, with the explanatory…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the circuit court for the district of Ohio. The original action was an ejectment brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, and the declaration (which contains several counts) describés the land demanded by specific metes and bounds. At the trial the jury found a verdict in the following terms. “ We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of the trespass in the plaintiff’s declaration mentioned, and do assess the plaintiff’s damages to onescent, and that the plaintiff dp recover of the defendant the. land described as follows, viz. beginning at…
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