NEWSOM v. PRYOR


20 U.S. 7 (1822)

7 Wheat. 7

NEWSOM v. PRYOR'S Lessee.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 11, 1822.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. Law,a for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. White,b for the defendant in error.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment given in the Circuit Court for the District of West Tennessee, in an ejectment brought by the defendants in error against the present plaintiff. The plaintiffs in the Court below claimed under the elder patent, to the validity of which there was no objection. Of consequence, the only question in the cause was, whether the lines of their grant comprehended the land...

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