Blanchard v. Powers

Blanchard brought ejectment for the west half of the northeast quarter of section nineteen, in township nine north of range eleven west. The case was tried before a jury in July last, and under the instruction of the court the jury found for the defendant. A review is asked on writ of error and bill of exceptions.

The plaintiff proved a chain of title to himself from the United States. The defendant gave in evidence the record of a deed from the Auditor General to one Simpson for the taxes of 1857, and also evidence of the transfer of Simpson’s interest to himself. The Auditor General’s deed…