Gregory v. Nesbit

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court in this case: in the decision of which Judge Marshall took no part.

John Gregory brought an action of ejectment against Jeremiah Nesbit, for about ten acres of land, lying within the boundaries of the patent of James Powers; and, having obtained a verdict and judgment, the case was brought to this Court, and the judgment reversed and a new trial directed. The case will be found reported, in 7 J. J. Marshall, 270.

Upon the second trial, the Court, on the motion of the defendant’s counsel, excluded the plaintiff’s documentary evidences of title, and…