Smith v. Walton

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Logan.

This is a contest for land, under adversary titles. Walton, who was the complainant below, claims under an entry in his own name, which was made on the 11th of «Pjíiy 1780, to adjoin “ Micajah Calloway’s settlement|feii| pre-emption,on the east side thereof, runningeastqiggil&‘ iy for quantity.” A*1*

Micajah Calloway, had obtained from the court.bf commissioners a certificate for a settlement and preemption, and on the 18th of January .1780, entered his settlement with the surveyor, conformably wi:h the location in his certificate, to lie “on the waters of the…