Whiting's Heirs v. Taylor's Heirs

Judge Marshall

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This bill was filed, in September, 1832, by the heirs of Thomas Whiting, against William Taylor and others claiming under him, to obtain a relinquishment of the possession and title of and in two tracts of land; the one of one thousand acres, granted to John Thruston, on the 10th of December, 1785, and the other of five hundred acres, granted to John Thruston, as trustee of Charles Minn Thruston, on the 4th of December, 1785.

The complainants allege and prove that, the title under these two patents having been vested by descent in John L.…