Hinton v. Fox

OpinioN op the Court.

THIS was a bill filed hy Fox against Hinton and Glen, to obtain from them the legal title to land which he alleges they hold under a patent granted to Stewart, and to •which lie claims a superior right in equity, derived . from, two entries, one in the name of Jeremiah Craig, hearing date the 15th of May 1780, and the other in the name of John Craig, bearing date the 15th of February. 1784, each of which was for 500 acres. Htintou and Glen controvert the validity of the entries in the names of Jeremiah and John Craig, and insist that the entry on which the survey and…