Koons v. Bryson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina. This was an action of ejectment by Henry Koons against J. B. Bryson and others.- Upon the trial in the circuit court the plaintiff submitted to a nonsuit at tbe suggestion of tbe court, and thereupon brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, District Judge.
This was an action of ejectment, tried in tbe circuit court for tbe Western district of North Carolina. Upon the conclusion of tbe plaintiff’s evidence, the learned judge who tried tbe case in tbe circuit court ruled ‘That the plaintiff bad failed to make out Ms case as to three material points: lie bad failed to locate tbe boundaries claimed; lie bad failed to make out. a chain of title, there being one missing link—the lost record bad not been supplied; and lie bad not shown tbe defendants in possession of tbe land claimed.” Thereupon, in deference to the opinion g£…
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