Meriwether v. Hite

In this contest, Meriwether claims as assignee, under a settlement right obtained by James Knox, a settlement right obtained by Benjamin Logan and James Douglass, and the pre-emptions appendant on those settlement rights; the Hites claim under a settlement and pre-emption obtained by Hannah Soverain; and Meriwether being the complainant, it is proper first to investigate his claims, and to begin with Knox’s certificate, on which all the other claims depend, or were intended to dejjend. The material parts of Knox’s certificate are: “October 30, 1779 — James Knox is entitled to 400 acres of…