Ross and Morrison v. Reed
Citation | 1 Wheat. 482,14 U.S. 482,4 L.Ed. 141 |
Parties | ROSS AND MORRISON v. REED |
Decision Date | 21 March 1816 |
Court | United States Supreme Court |
The defendant in error, who was plaintiff in the court below, claimed title under a grant from the state of Tennessee, bearing date the 26th day of April, 1809, founded on an entry made in the entry taker's office of Washington county, No. 975, dated on the 2d day of January, 1779, in the name of John McDowell, for 500 acres of land, on which a warrant issued on the 17th day of May, 1779. The defendants in the court below, now plaintiffs in error, claim under a grant from the state of North Carolina to John Henderson, dated the 9th of August, 1787, and a deed of conveyance from John Henderson to the defendant, Ross, duly executed and registered. Morrison held as tenant under Ross.
At the trial of the cause, a bill of exceptions was taken by the defendants, in which was stated a transcript taken from the book procured from the office of the secretary of state of the United States, which contains reports of the lands entered in Sullivan and Washington counties; also a copy of the warrant issued to John McDowell for 500 acres of land, both of which are certified by the clerk to the commissioner of East Tennessee. Also the grants under which each party claims, the deed of conveyance from Henderson to Ross, together with the viva voce testimony of the witnesses produced. It then proceeds to state ...
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