Barr v. Gratz's Heirs
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was an action of ejectment, in which the defendants in error were the lessors of the plaintiffs below, and which was brought to recover the possession of a tract of land in thé district of Kentucky, claimed by them under a patent issued to John Craig, November 18th, 1784, for 1,000 acres of land, included in three separate warrants of 320 acres, 480 aeres, and 200 acres, surveyed for John Craig, on the 14th of January, 1783. On…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was an action of ejectment, in which the defendants in error were the lessors of the plaintiffs below, and which was brought to recover the possession of a tract of land in thé district of Kentucky, claimed by them under a patent issued to John Craig, November 18th, 1784, for 1,000 acres of land, included in three separate warrants of 320 acres, 480 aeres, and 200 acres, surveyed for John Craig, on the 14th of January, 1783. On the 16th of July, 1784, John Craig conveyéd, by deed, the said tract of land to Michael Gratz, the ancestor of the lessors…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stoky
delivered the opinion of the Feb. 191%, Court. In this case, it is unnecessary to travel through all the exceptions taken by the defendant in the Court below, because; upon the fact? stated in the bill of exceptions, some of the opinions required of the Court upon points of law, do not arise from the evidence ; and as to others, the opinion of the Court, if in any respect erroneous, was so in favour of the defendant.
The first error assigned is, that the Court refused to grant a new trial; but it has been already decided, and is too plain for argument, that such a refusal affords no ground for…
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