Caperton v. Gregory

This cause is brought here by supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit court of Monroe county, rendered upon a special verdict in an action of ejectment, wherein the defendant was here plaintiff, and the plaintiffs here were defendants.

The finding of the jury shows this case : John Thompson was seized in fee of the land in controversy, and departed this life in June 1823. He left seven children, and several grand children the issue of two sons, who had died in the life time of their father; the lessors of the plaintiff are some of the children and grand children of the deceased claiming as…