Sage v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co.

delivered, the opinion of the Court.

This is an ejectment suit instituted by the heirs at law of James R. Sage to recover a five thousand-acre tract of land located in Bledsoe county, Tenn.

This tract'of land was granted by the State of Tennessee to James R. S'age by grant No. 2752, dated November 19, 1832, and duly recorded in the Mountain District.

James R. Sage died intestate in 1839. It is claimed by the complainants that he owned said tract of land at the time of his death, and that they, as his heirs, are the present owners thereof.

The defendants contend that the grantee, James R. Sage,…