Morris v. Lessee of Josiah Harmer's Heirs
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. This was an action of ejectment prosecuted by Eliza Harmer, Josiah Harmer and William Harmer, children and heirs at law of Josiah Harmer, deceased, against George Morris and David Gwynne, to recover possession of a part of a town lot in the city of Cincinnati.
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IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. This was an action of ejectment prosecuted by Eliza Harmer, Josiah Harmer and William Harmer, children and heirs at law of Josiah Harmer, deceased, against George Morris and David Gwynne, to recover possession of a part of a town lot in the city of Cincinnati. On the trial of the cause, the defendants excepted to the admission of certain evidence, and to the instructions given by the court to the jury upon matters of law.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to revise the judgment of the circuit court for the district of Ohio, rendered against the plaintiffs in error, who were the original defendants in an action of ejectment, commenced in that court in 1828.
The original suit is for a lot of land situate in Cincinnati. The original plaintiffs are the heirs of Gen. Josiah Harmer; and claim title to the premises under a deed executed by John Cleves Symmes, then proprietor, of the lands, including the whole city, on the 6th of May 1791, acknowledged on the 28th of November 1804, and recorded on the 30th of the same month. The…
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