Phillip's Lessee v. Robertson

[S. C., 5 Hay., 101; 2 Tenn., 399.]

In Error. — This action of ejectment was commenced on the 19th of December, 1811; was tried in the Circuit Court the second Monday of March, 1815. Two bills of exceptions were tiled, and the cause was removed into this court. In these bills are stated the following facts: The lessee of the plaintiffs gave in evidence, on the trial, a grant to Phillips from this State, dated 11th September, 1811; also, a copy of the entry on which it is issued. "April 11, 1797, E. D. Barry, 1000 acres joining the above on the upper side, running up the creek on both sides for…