Marsteller v. Faw

CRANCH, Circuit Judge.

In May, 1779, at a public sale of lots contiguous to the then bounds of Alexandria, by the executors of John Alexander, for the benefit of his son, W. T. Alexander, (then under age,) by virtue of the will of John Alexander, — Peter Wise, for Jacob Sly, became the purchaser of a half acre lot, in fee simple rendering an annual rent of £26, current money of Virginia. Before any deed of conveyance was made, Paw, the defendant, purchased the lot *854from Sly, and on the 5th of August, 1779, obtained a deed in his own name from the executors of John Alexander in fee-simple,…