Stevens v. Doe, on the Demise of Henry

This was an action of ejectment against Stevens for a tract of land in Dearborn county. The cause was submitted to the Court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff.

The facts are as follows: The lessor of the plaintiff and her husband, John Henry, since deceased, were seised of the premises described in the declaration, by virtue of a conveyance thereof executed to the lessor in 1823. Whilst the lessor was such feme covert, she and her husband, by a deed acknowledged in 1826, conveyed the premises to Benjamin * Wilson, who afterwards conveyed the same to Joshua. Wilson, under whom the…