Piatt v. Vattier

OPINION OF THE COURT. This suit is prosecuted by the complainant, for the title to lot number one, on the town plat of Cincinnati. He alleges that this lot with several others, was given as a donation, on condition that the donee within a limited time should construct a house of certain dimensions. That the proprietors gave a certificate of this right, which was transferable by assignment. That the above lot was allotted to one Samuel Blackburn, who transferred his right to one James Campbell, and he to one John Bartle, under whom the complainant claims by deed dated 22d June, 1827; that in…