LATTIMER ET AL. v. POTEET


39 U.S. 4 (1840)

14 Pet. 4

LESSEE OF MARGARET LATTIMER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. WILLIAM POTEET, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was argued at January term, 1839, by Mr. Coxe for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Webster for the defendant.


The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court.

Mr. Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion.

This case comes before the Court on a writ of error to the Circuit Court of North Carolina.

The lessors of the plaintiff brought their action of ejectment, to recover the possession of forty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty acres of land, in Haywood county, and described in the declaration by metes and bounds. On the trial, certain exceptions were taken...

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