Holmes and Others v. Trout and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
In the circuit court, the appellants filed their bill in November 1815, .setting forth a title to ten thousand acres of land derived under an entry made by Edward Yoss, on the 11th of October .1783, upon which patents duly issued, and charging that the defendants were in possession of the said lands claiming title under entries made subsequent to that of Edward Voss.
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In the circuit court, the appellants filed their bill in November 1815, .setting forth a title to ten thousand acres of land derived under an entry made by Edward Yoss, on the 11th of October .1783, upon which patents duly issued, and charging that the defendants were in possession of the said lands claiming title under entries made subsequent to that of Edward Voss. The bill prayed a discovery, that the defendants may be decreed to convey to the complainants their respective claims, , to render possession of the land withheld, and for other and further relief. After various proceedings in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
This appeal is prosecuted by the complainants, to reverse a decree of the circuit court of Kentucky.
The original bill was filed by John Holmes, Michael Omealy, Richard Catón, Hugh Thompson and William Slater, who set up a title under the following entry. “Edward Voss enters ten thousand acres by virtue of two treasury warrants, Nos. 8991 and 8990, beginning at the north west comer of Patton’s eight thousand four hundred acres survey; thence, with Allerv’s line, westwardly to the river, and along. Roberts’s line to the east for quantity;” “ also, five thousand acres by virtue of treásury…
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