Cabeen v. Breckenridge

This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Mercer Circuit Court, to recover a tract of land lying in that county. Upon the trial in the circuit court, appellant read in evidence, a patent from the United States Government, dated the 2d of June, 1818, for the premises in controversy, to Daniel Dougherty; a deed from him to Joseph Watson, dated the 11th of August, 1818, recorded in Mercer county, the 20th of May, 1863 ; a deed from Watson to James Smith, dated the 20th of January, 1820, recorded the 14th of January, 1863, in Mercer county ; also a deed from Smith to Joshua Cabeen, the…