Blunt's Lessee v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of West Tennessee. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court, against the defendants in error, to recover the possession of lands in the State of Tennessee.
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Error to the Circuit Court of West Tennessee. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court, against the defendants in error, to recover the possession of lands in the State of Tennessee. The title of the plaintiff, as spread upon the record, originated irt an entry made on the 17th of March, 1785, in the following words: “General Sumner enters 12,000 acres of land, lying east of the upper south road, between the head of Mile Creek, Little Harpeth, and Stewart’s Creek, and on the waters of some of the aforementioned creeks, including some deadened…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error to a judgment in ejectment rendered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the 0istrict of West Tennessee, which was brought by the plaintiffs in error. After a verdict in favor oí the defendants, the counsel for the plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was refused. To the opinion of the judge, overruling the motion for a new trial, and also to his charge to the jury, the plaintiff excepted, and the cause comes on now to be heard on his exceptions
it Is well settled that this Court will not revise the opinion of a Circuit Court, either granting or rejecting a…
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