Elliott v. Lessee of Peirsol
Supreme Court of the United States
WRIT of error to the Circuit Court, of Kentucky. William Peirsol, and Lydia Peirsol, his wife, Ann. North, Jane North, Sophia North, Elizabeth F. P. North, and Wil-liain North, citizens of Pennsylvania, heirs of Sarah G. Elliott, commenced their action of ejectment against James Elliott' the younger, and others, the plaintiffs in error, in the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky, to recover the possession of 1200 acres of land, part of 2000 acres patented to Griffm…
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WRIT of error to the Circuit Court, of Kentucky. William Peirsol, and Lydia Peirsol, his wife, Ann. North, Jane North, Sophia North, Elizabeth F. P. North, and Wil-liain North, citizens of Pennsylvania, heirs of Sarah G. Elliott, commenced their action of ejectment against James Elliott' the younger, and others, the plaintiffs in error, in the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky, to recover the possession of 1200 acres of land, part of 2000 acres patented to Griffm Peart. The plaintiffs proved, that, upon the division of the whole body among the heirs of Griffin Peart, the 1200 acres…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trimble
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
This is an action of ejectment, brought in the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky, by the lessors of the defendant, in error, and against the plaintiffs in error, wh.o were defendants in the Court below.
The lessors of the-plaintiff, in that Court, claimed the land in controversy, as heirs at law of Sarah G. Elliott, formerly Sarah G. Peart, deceased; who, in her lifetime, had intermarricd with the defendant, James Elliott. . The defendants claimed by virtue of a deed of conveyance, made by James Elliott and Sarah G. Elliott his wife, in her…
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