Ayers v. Watson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. Thjs is the same cause brought here and heard at October term, 1884, and reported 113 U. S. 594. The case now made is thus 'stated in the opinion of the court: This is an action of ejectment brought by Watson, the’original plaintiff, in the District Court for the county of Bell, in the State of Texas, and afterwards removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. Thjs is the same cause brought here and heard at October term, 1884, and reported 113 U. S. 594. The case now made is thus 'stated in the opinion of the court: This is an action of ejectment brought by Watson, the’original plaintiff, in the District Court for the county of Bell, in the State of Texas, and afterwards removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of that State. It was twice tried before a jury, which failed in each of these trials to come to an agreement. It was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
A very earnest and able argument is presented to us to sustain this ruling, upon the general ground of the liberality of courts in admitting what would be otherwise called hearsay evidence in regard to boundaries, such as tradition, general understanding in the neighborhood, declarations of persons familiar with the boundaries and with the objects on the lines of the survey, and others of similar character. An opinion of Mr. Justice Field, delivered in the Supreme Court of California in 1860, in the case of Morton v. Folger, 15 California, 275, is much relied on in this case, and it is also…
2Cited by25 opinions
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Robert Edward LipscombCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Ayers v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Carpenter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
- Franzen v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
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