Blaine v. Thompson

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Logan.

This is a suit for land under conflicting titles. Blaine was the complainant in the court below, and must shew a good claim in himself to justify a recovery. He claims under an entry made on the 15th of May 1780, of 400 acres, calling to lie “ on the north side of the middle fork of Licking, to adjoin Alexander Pollock on the north, and run north and east for quantity.”

This leads us in the first place to examine the claim of Alexander Pollock. Pollock had at that time obtained a certificate for a settlement and pre-emption, and entered his settlement to “…