Rounds v. Grandview Coal & Timber Co.

This action in ejectment involves the title to two tracts of land in Marion county. The conflict is between grant No. 5999 to John Lea, dated March 21, '1838, based on entry 1686, dated January 16, 1838 (under which complainants claim) and grant No. 6055 to Alexander Hilliard, dated April 11, 1838, based on entry 1383, dated March 11, 1836, and grant No. 8585, to Charles Haley, dated November 23, 1841, based on entry 1676, dated November 24, 1837 (under which defendant claims).

The grants on which defendant relies are therefore younger than the grant on which complainants rely, but are based…