Wiggins v. Holley

This was an action by Holley and the heirs of Hyde, against the appellants, for the recovery of a tract *4of land. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs below. Exceptions were taken, on the trial, to the rulings of the Court upon the reception of evidence; upon the subject of instructions to the jury; and in refusing a new trial.

The plaintiffs, to make out title, offered in evidence a patent from the United States, dated in 1824, to Kellog, for the land in controversy. They also offered a deed, upon the back of said patent, from Kellog to Hyde and Holley, dated the 16th day of February, 1827,…