NEILSON v. LAGOW ET AL.


53 U.S. 98 (1851)

12 How. 98

HALL NEILSON, (UNITED STATES) PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CLARK B. LAGOW, DAVID H. LAGOW, AND ELIZABETH S. LAGOW, CHILDREN AND DEVISEES OF WILSON LAGOW, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Gillet and Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Judah for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here by a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. The record shows that Lagow, the defendant in error, instituted an action of disseisin in a Circuit Court of the State of Indiana, whereby he sought to recover of Neilson, the plaintiff in error, a tract of land described in the counts. The tenant having pleaded the general issue, the...

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