Applegate v. Gracy

Judge Marshall

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action of ejectment was brought on the joint and several demises of Patton’s Heirs, for the recovery of a part of lot No. 32, in the city of Louisville, in possession of Applegate’s tenants, on whom the declaration was served, in June, 1832.

The evidence conduced to show that the title of Patton’s Heirs had been concentrated in Mrs. Gracy, one of said heirs and one of the lessors, who had become a widow before the commencement of the action, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, on her sole demise. To reverse the judgment founded…