Darby's Lessee v. Mayer

This was an action of ejectment, in which the present plaintiff was plaintiff in the Court below. His title is derived through a patent to onevJphn Rice, and successive convevances down to him- ¿elf, which it is immaterial to recapitulate, since no question arises upon’this part of the evidence. The defence set up was the statute of limitations, and in order to bring himself within its provisions, the defendant received the patent under which the plaintiff claims, as the patent for his own land, and undertakes to connect himself with it. This gave rise to a variety of exceptions táken by the…