King v. Mullins
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
the court.
This action of ejectment was brought to recover that part lying in the State of West Virginia of a tract of 500,000 acres of land patented by the Commonwealth of- Virginia in 1795 to Robert Morris, assignee of Wilson Cary Nicholas.
The pei’sons sued were very numerous, but, M. B. Mullins, Alexander McClintock and John McClintock having elected to sever in their defence from other defendants, the case was tried only as between them and the plaintiff King.
At the trial in the Circuit Court the plaintiff introduced in evidence the patent to Morris showing that, the lands therein…
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