CHRISTY v. SCOTT ET AL.


55 U.S. 282 (1852)

14 How. 282

WILLIAM CHRISTY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM T. SCOTT; WILLIAM CHRISTY v. JAMES D. FINLEY; WILLIAM CHRISTY v. WILLIAM YOUNG; WILLIAM CHRISTY v. HIRAM HENLY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Bibb and Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) with whom was Mr. Hughes, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Hill, with whom was Mr. Henderson, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Texas.

The plaintiff in error filed a petition, in which he avers, that on the 1st day of June, 1839, he was seised in his demesne as of fee of three tracts of land, described in the petition by metes and bounds, and that the defendant, with force of arms, ejected him therefrom, and has thenceforward kept him out of...

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