Hughlett v. Conner

This action of ejectment was brought by Louis Grey, the ancestor of the plaintiffs in error, in the Circuit Court of Obion County, and was transferred,, by change of venue, to the Circuit Court of Weakley County.

The plaintiffs in error claim the land by virtue of a grant to their said ancestor, Lewis Grey, for five hundred acres, dated October 1, 1856.

The defendants, except Wyatt, claim under grant No. 327, of the State of North Carolina, to John G. and Thomas Blount, for one thousand acres, dated July 10, 1789. '

It is not controverted that Grey’s grant covers the land in dispute. The main…