REYNOLDS v. M'ARTHUR


27 U.S. 417 (____)

2 Pet. 417

JOHN REYNOLDS, TENANT THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF vs. DUNCAN M'ARTHUR, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Mr Scott for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr Mason and Mr Vinton for the defendant. Mr Wirt, attorney general, appeared for the plaintiff by order of the government of the United States, but was prevented taking part in the argument by indisposition.


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

This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered by the supreme court of Ohio for the county of Champaign, in an ejectment in which the lessee of Duncan M'Arthur was plaintiff, and John Reynolds was defendant. The plaintiff claimed the land in controversy, under a patent issued on the 12th day of October 1812, founded on an entry made in the year 1810, on a military land warrant granted by the state of Virginia...

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