Handly's Lessee v. Anthony

Mr. Chief Justice Mae shall

delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky, to recover land which the plaintiff claims under a grant from the State - of Kentucky, and which the defendants hold under a grant from the United States, as. being part of Indiana. The title depends upon the question whether the lands lie in the State of Kentucky, or in the State of Indiana.

At this place, as appears from the plat and surveyor’s certificate, the Ohio turns its course, and runs southward for a considerable…