Logan v. Williams

This was an action of ejectment, brought by John Logan, in the circuit court of Adams county, against John H. Williams, to recover a certain quarter section of land in Adams county.

A trial was had before the court without a jury, and the issues were found in favor of the defendant, and judgment rendered against the plaintiff for costs, who brings the record here by appeal.

The appellant, for the purpose of establishing title to the premises, read in evidence an exemplification of the patent from the United States to .Samuel Andrews, dated March 24, 1818; a deed from Samuel Andrew's toWm. M.…