Rawley v. Doe, on the Demise of Beachamp

This was an action of ejectment brought by the lessee of Purden Beachamp and Minerva his wife, formerly Minerva Bundy, against the appellant for a tract of land in Clay county. Plea, not guilty. The cause was submitted to the Court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff.

One of the witnesses on the trial, in support of the suit., stated that three or four months before the trial, he saw in the defendant’s possession a patent to the said Minerva for the laud *152described in the declaration; that he, the witness, had the patent in his hands and read it, and gave it bacheo the defendant. It was…