Carrington v. Brents
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky
[In equity. Bill by Sarah Carrington and others, heirs of George Carrington, against William Caldwell, Isaac Oaldwell and Samuel Brents.]
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
This bill has been filed to obtain a legal title to certain tracts of land claimed by the defendants. The complainants allege that at October term, 1S17, in tlie county court of Halifax county, in the state of Virginia. Sarah Car-rington, the complainant, as devisee of her husband, George Carrington, obtained a final decree against John R. Williams, heir at law of John Williams, deceased, for a conveyance of all the interest which was vested in him, as heir at law, to John Williams, for all the military lands held by him in the state of Kentucky. That the following tracts…
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