Henderson v. Poindexter's Lessee

This is a writ' of error to a judgment rendered in the . Court of the United States for the District of Mississippi in an .ejectment brought by the defendant in error.

George Poindexter, the lessor of the plaintiff, claimed title to the premises in controversy by virtue of several patents regularly issued to him under the laws of the United States. If the lands were, at the time, grantable, his title is unquestionable. Consequently, the case depended, in the District Court, on the title of the defendant in that Court. Under several opinions given by the judge to the jury,- to which bills of…