Myers v. Sanders' Heirs

Judge Marshall

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This appeal is prosecuted by Lewis Myers and others, for the reversal of a judgment in ejectment, rendered against them, on the demise of the heirs of Robert Sanders.

'On the trial of the cause, the plaintiff exhibited a patent *507to Robert Sanders, thé father of the lessors, for one thousand six hundred and sixteen acres of land, bearing date in 1786; and proved that the defendants, on whom the declaration and notice were served, were in possession of several tenements within its boundaries, at the time of the service.

The defence and', title of…