Beard v. Rowan
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United States, for the Kentucky district. John Campbell, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the state of Virginia, before the revolutionary war, and continued to reside in Kentucky until his decease, which took place in October 1799, was the owner of a tract of land situate above and below the mouth of Bear Grass creek,- on the Ohio; comprising the land on which, by an act.of the legislature of Virginia, the city of Louisville was laid…
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IN error to the circuit court of the United States, for the Kentucky district. John Campbell, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the state of Virginia, before the revolutionary war, and continued to reside in Kentucky until his decease, which took place in October 1799, was the owner of a tract of land situate above and below the mouth of Bear Grass creek,- on the Ohio; comprising the land on which, by an act.of the legislature of Virginia, the city of Louisville was laid out. Upon the erection of a part of Virginia into a separate state, these premises become a part of the state of…
1Opinion of the Court
"Mr'Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This cause comes up on a writ of error from the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Kentucky. •. It is a writ of right for'the recovery of a piece or tract of land, the title to which is admitted to have been duly and legally., vested in John Campbell. Both parties claim under the will of John Campbell, as the source of title. •
' The demandants claim under a deed from Richard'Taylor, the surviving executor of John Campbell, bearing date-the 21st of. April 1826, to Joseph Beard, Elizabeth Megowan, and the heirs of…
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