Ewart v. Squire
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin P. Keller, Judge. Ejectment by Andrew Squire against Harvey Ewart and C. L. Parker, administrators of the estate of James A. Parker, deceased, and James T. McCreery. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The only question now made in this action of ejectment is whether the district judge erred in directing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the land in dispute.
The declaration covered 31,633 acres, but the defendants disclaimed title to all the land described therein except a tract of 750 acres. They claim this tract under a grant of the state of Virginia to Thomas Rutter and Reuben Etting for 174,673 acres, dated January 9, 1796. The *36plaintiff claims under a junior grant of 90,000 acres to James Welch, dated February 11, 1797. The proof was that both grants covered…
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