Lindsey and Others v. the Lessee of Miller
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. This was an ejectment in the circuit court of Ohio, instituted by the defendants in error for the recovery of a tract of land situated in the Virginia military district in the state of Ohio. The title of the plaintiff’s lessor was derived from a patent issued by the United Stales, dated the 1st day of December 1824, for the premises in controversy; of which the defendants were in possession.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. This was an ejectment in the circuit court of Ohio, instituted by the defendants in error for the recovery of a tract of land situated in the Virginia military district in the state of Ohio. The title of the plaintiff’s lessor was derived from a patent issued by the United Stales, dated the 1st day of December 1824, for the premises in controversy; of which the defendants were in possession. On the trial, the defendants offered in evidence the copy of a survey, bearing date the 5th of January 1788, recorded on the 7th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
This is á writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the circuit court, for the district of Ohio, The plaintiff in the court below prosecuted an action of' ejectment to recover possession of four hundred and fifty and a half acres of land, lying in what is called the Virginia military district, and known by entry numbered twelve thousand four hundred and ninety-five.
■ Stephen Lindsey and others were made defendants; and •were proved to be in possession of the lard in controversy
On the trial, the plaintiff exhibited a patent for the land, bearing…
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