Shearman v. Irvine's Lessee

8 U.S. 367

4 Cranch 367

2 L.Ed. 649

SHEARMAN

v.

IRVINE'S LESSEE.

February Term, 1808

1

ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Georgia, in an action of ejectment, brought (on the 15th of October, 1804,) by Irvine's lessee against Shearman, for a tract of land in Camden county, in the state of Georgia.

2

The defendant below took a bill of exceptions to the refusal of the court, to non suit the plaintiff on the trial, because he had not proved 'an entry within seven years after the title of the grantees accrued, or any entry by either of the heirs or persons claiming under the grantees within…