Russel v. Trustees of Transylvania University

Johnson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court as follows:... The object of this bill ■ is to "-obtain a .conveyance J i » from the'defendants, of a tract of land in the state' of Kentucky, granted to one Alexander M‘Kec, through whom both parties claim.. The survey was made under a warrant from Lord Dunmore, then governor of Virginia, issued the 2d of- April, 1774. The complainants claim under a cháin of title regularly deduced from M.‘Kee; the defendants, under an act of the legislature, vesting. M‘Kee’s lands- in them as confiscated property. But it appears, and is explicitly acknowledged…