Legal Opinion

Thomas Deye Owings and Others v. Andrew Kincannon

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1833PublishedCited by 40 opinions

APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. In the circuit'court of Kentucky, Andrew Kincannon, the appellee, filed a bill on the 28 th of December 1815, claiming a tract of land, by virtue of a prior entry to that under which the persons named in the bill asserted a title to, and held possession of the land; and praying the court to compel the defendants to release all claim to the, same, and that he might be quieted in the enjoyment and…

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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. In the circuit'court of Kentucky, Andrew Kincannon, the appellee, filed a bill on the 28 th of December 1815, claiming a tract of land, by virtue of a prior entry to that under which the persons named in the bill asserted a title to, and held possession of the land; and praying the court to compel the defendants to release all claim to the, same, and that he might be quieted in the enjoyment and possession thereof. The bill was filed against Thomas Deye Owings,-James M. Blakey, Ralph Phillips, John Head, Benjamin…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

This is An appeal from a decree pronounced in the court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, by which Thomas Deye Owings,-James W. Blakey, Ralph Phillips, Milton Stapp, John L. Head and Charles Buck were directed to convey and release to the complainant all their right, title and interest in a tract of land mentioned in the decree. An appeal was allowed, and a bond executed by Lewis W. R. Phillips, Sally Head arid Nancy Head, the condition of which recites “ that, whereas Lewis W. R. Phillips,' Sally Head and Nancy Head have prayed for and have obtained an appeal from the…

2Cited by40 opinions

  1. Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Masterson v. HerndonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Hardee v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Mussina v. CavazosSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  5. Estis v. TrabueSupreme Court of the United States · 1888

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