Williams v. . Wells

On the trial the defendant offered testimony to prove (as he (53) alleged) that there was fraud on the part of the plaintiff in procuring his patent. Also, that the plaintiff's testator, Aaron Williams, was a deputy surveyor of said county at the time of the survey and obtaining his patent.

The court was of opinion that the defendant would not be permitted to introduce any evidence of fraud on the part of plaintiffs, and that the patents were the only testimony which would be received by the jury; and as the plaintiff had a patent of a prior date, he was entitled to the lands in question, and…