Edward's Lessee v. Darby

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

The plaintiff prosecuted an action of ejectment in that Court, to recover possession of a small tract of 20 or 30 acres of land, which had been laid out in lots and squares as part of the town of Nashville, the tenants in possession being the owners or occupiers of such lots.

In the year 1818, Patrick H. Darby appropriated, by entry and survey, all that part of the town from lot No. 141, to lot No. 165, the latter inclusive ; and having obtained a grant therefor from the State of Tennessee, he,…