M'DONALD v. SMALLEY ET AL.


26 U.S. 620 (____)

1 Pet. 620

JAMES M'DONALD, APPELLANT, vs. FREEMAN SMALLEY, AND OTHERS, (IN ALL FORTY.)

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Dodridge, for the complainant. —

Mr. Hammond, for the appellees.


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

This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the seventh Circuit, and district of Ohio, to obtain a conveyance of a tract of land, lying in what is termed "the military district;" claimed by the complainant under a patent, younger than that under which it is held by the defendants. The complainant is a citizen of Alabama, and claims the land under a conveyance from Duncan...

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