Carroll v. Lessee of Olmsted
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a writ of error, directed to the court of common pleas of Lake county. From the bill of exceptions, these facts appear:' In 1801, and( from thence till the time of his death, Aaron Olmsted, of East Hartford, Connecticut, ancestor of the lessors of the demandants, was seized in fee of 30,000 acres of land, in the north part of Ohio, of which the demanded premises was part.
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This is a writ of error, directed to the court of common pleas of Lake county. From the bill of exceptions, these facts appear:' In 1801, and( from thence till the time of his death, Aaron Olmsted, of East Hartford, Connecticut, ancestor of the lessors of the demandants, was seized in fee of 30,000 acres of land, in the north part of Ohio, of which the demanded premises was part. In 1804, James Lewis, of New England, then having agreed with Aaron Olmsted that he might select a lot from said lands for purchase, and settle on it, moved into Ohio, and having selected the demanded premises,…
1Opinion of the Court
*Avery, J.
The court of common pleas erred, it is said, in refusing to charge the jury, as required, upon the defendants’ right of possession, and erred also in rejecting the deed from the executors of Aaron Olmsted to David Abbott, and the other subsequent deeds in the chain of title. These points have been examined at some length by the counsel, but we are not satisfied that in either case there was any error. We come, therefore, to consider the third alleged error, which has been amply discussed* and treated, we think, with reason, as presenting the important question in this case to be…
2Cited by1 opinion
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