Vance v. Marshall

*148OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

Tina is a contest for land, between adversary titles. Théap-Pe^ant> who was defendant in the court below, holds the eldest entry and patent : we will therefore first inquire into the validity of his claim.

■ J,_,hn Vance, under whom he claims, obtained from the court of commissioners, the 14th of J anuary 1780, the following certificate, viz. “ John Vance, by Oavid Yance, this day claims a pre-emption of 1000 acres of at, See. lying on a fork of the east branch of Licking creek, called Mill creek, to include his improve-metlti by marking and improving the…