Hansford v. Minor's heirs

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

'This is an appeal from a judgment in an ejectment obtained by the appellees upon a patent of 2000 acres, which issued in the name of John Minor, the ancestor of their father Nicholas Minor.

The patent issued in 1788, in virtue of a survey of 1784, made upon an entry of 1781; but before the date of the survey and patent, John Minor died, leaving Nicholas Minor his eldest son and heir at law; ami whether the appellees can maintain an ejectment upon the patent which issued to John Minor, after his decease, is the main question for determination.

After the…