Wheaton v. Sexton

17 U.S. 243 (____)

4 Wheat. 243

WHEATON

v.

SEXTON'S Lessee.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 12th, 1819. JOHNSON, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court.

The suit below was ejectment, and the defendant in this court recovered, under a title derived from a sale by the marshal of this district. The marshal's deed conveys the life-estate of Wheaton in the lands in question. And the plaintiff below proved the title in the defendant's wife, under conveyances executed after marriage. The defence set up was a conveyance executed by Wheaton, to a trustee, for the sole and separate use of his wife…