Davie v. Heyward
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
Application for Citation for a writ of error to theUnited States supreme court. W. R. Davie and others, plaintiffs, sued J. B. Heyward and others, defendants, for the recovery of a tract of land, and recovered judgment for the land, and five dollars damages, in August, 1873. One of the defendants, being a minor at the time of the suit, became of age December 21, 1885, and applied for a citation for the purposes of a writ of error to the United States supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtSimonton, J.
This is an application for a citation, for the purposes of a writ of error to the supreme court. The case was tried in August, 1873, in the district court of the Western district, having circuit court powers. The action was for the recovery of a tract of land known as “Landsfbrd,”and for mesne profits, damages laid at $50,000. Verdict, the land for plaintiffs, with five dollars damages; judgment entered thereon; one of the defendants was Josiah Bedon, then under age. He attained full age twenty-first December, 1885, and now files his petition stating this fact, and praying that a citation…
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