Hunter v. Ayres
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Ejectment. Case 28. APPEAL FROM OWEN CIRCUIT. Case stated. This is an action of ejectment brought originally in the General Court, and removed to the Owen Circuit Court. The demises are laid in the name of Hunter and others, as heirs of Robert Hare. The plaintiff claims under a patent for 1,000 acres, and is dated in 1788, and covers nine tenements in the possession of different individuals.
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Ejectment. Case 28. APPEAL FROM OWEN CIRCUIT. Case stated. This is an action of ejectment brought originally in the General Court, and removed to the Owen Circuit Court. The demises are laid in the name of Hunter and others, as heirs of Robert Hare. The plaintiff claims under a patent for 1,000 acres, and is dated in 1788, and covers nine tenements in the possession of different individuals. The plaintiff’s evidence conduced to prove all the facts necessary to authorize a recovery. The defendants relied upon the limitation of seven years as protection. The jury found two of the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This action of ejectment was brought upon the demise of Hunter and others, as heirs of Robert Hare, the grantee of a patent forten thousand acres of land, issued in 1788, to recover nine tenements in the possession of as many tenants, in the county of Owen. The plaintiff having adduced evidence conducing to prove all the facts necessary to authorize a recovery, the defendants on their part introduced evidence intended to make out a defense under the seven years limitation act of 1809. The jury, under instructions from the court, directed particularly to the question as to the facts which…
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