Fowler v. Combs

THE appellees, having the elder grant for the land ip controversy, recovered judgment therefor, in ejectment, against the appellant, who thereupon filed his bill with injunction, asserting a superior right in equity, derived under two entries, one in the name of l)a. yid Leitch for 30,000 acres, and the other in the name of ¡George Underwood for 7,500 acres. The appellees, in their answer, rely exclusively upon their elder grant, and put the appellant to the proof of these, claims. The bill, on a final hearing, was dismissed, and the appellant has brought the case to this court by an appeal.

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