Robinson v. Campbell
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the district court of East Tenessee. This was an action of ejectment brought by the;defendant in error, (the plaintiff’s lessor in the court below,) against the present plaintiff, and S'. Martin, on the 4th of February, 1807, in the district court for the district of East Tennese.e, which possessed circuit court powers.
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Error to the district court of East Tenessee. This was an action of ejectment brought by the;defendant in error, (the plaintiff’s lessor in the court below,) against the present plaintiff, and S'. Martin, on the 4th of February, 1807, in the district court for the district of East Tennese.e, which possessed circuit court powers. The défendant in that court pleaded separately the. general issue, as to 400 acres, and disclaimed all fight to the residue of the tract specified in the declaration. A verdict was given for the plaintiff in October term, 1812. From the statement contaihed'in the bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Todd
The,first question is, whether -the'circuit court were right in rejecting the- evidence, offered by the defendant establish a title in himself under the grant of Joseph? that grant being'posterior in date to the grant-under which the plaintiff claimed; and this depends up- .... . , . , on the consideration, whether a prior settlement right, would, in equity, give the party á title to the*anc^ 03n be asserted also, as-a sufficient title in an actjan of ejectment. '
_ , By the compact settling the boundary line Between' and Tennessee, and the- laws- made in par-suance thereof, it is declared,…
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