Lessee of Clarke v. Courtney
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was an action of ejectment, instituted in February 1821, against a number of persons in possession of a large tract of land, containing 55,390 acres, in the state of Kentucky. The suit was afterwards dismissed, by the plaintiffs, as to forty of the defendants. The declaration contained five counts, each count stating separate demises of the same tract of land.
Read the full summary
Error to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was an action of ejectment, instituted in February 1821, against a number of persons in possession of a large tract of land, containing 55,390 acres, in the state of Kentucky. The suit was afterwards dismissed, by the plaintiffs, as to forty of the defendants. The declaration contained five counts, each count stating separate demises of the same tract of land. The first was on the demise of James B. Clarke, £ - of the 1st of September 1820, for 55,390 acres, granted *by Virginia J to Martin Pickett, by patent, bearing date the 10th December 1785, “…
1Opinion of the Court
*Story, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — This is a ■ writ of error founded on a judgment of the circuit court in the district of Kentucky, in an action of ejectment, in which the plaintiff in error ' was the original plaintiff. The case is before us upon certain bills of exception taken by the plaintiff ; and to the consideration of these the court will \ address their attention, without entering upon any examination of other „ facts, not involved in the decision of them.
Some of the defendants, professing to hold a conveyance from the lessor of the plaintiff, Clarke, made by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fowler v. ShearerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Green v. LiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Barr v. Gratz's HeirsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Bogart v. De BussyNew York Supreme Court · 1810
3Cited by81 opinions
- US v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo & OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Mitchel and Others v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
- Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Sherman v. FitchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Unger v. MooneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
76 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.