Doe ex dem. Chandler v. Douglass

Ejectment for the undivided third part of three lots in the town of Evansville, brought by Doe, on the demise of William H, John J., and Mary R. Chandler, against John Douglass. Verdict for the defendant; motion for a new trial overruled; and judgment on the verdict.

Both parties claim title under Asaph Chandler; the lessors of the plaintiff as heirs at law, and the defendant through a purchase, from Asaph's administrator.

*11The authority by virtue of which the administrator made the sale, was an act of the legislature, approved January 1st, . 1819, the preamble to which recites, that it was…