GRIFFIN ET UX. v. REYNOLDS


58 U.S. 609 (1854)

17 How. 609

JACK T. GRIFFIN AND WIFE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JAMES Y. REYNOLDS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Reverdy Johnson, Jr., and Mr. Reverdy Johnson, with whom was Mr. Adams, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Lawrence, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant recovered a judgment in the district court, for damages sustained by the breach of a covenant of warranty of title to land in Alabama, contained in a conveyance of the plaintiffs to him.

To establish the existence of an outstanding paramount title at the date of the conveyance, the defendant relied upon a judgment and execution in a suit in ejectment, commenced in Alabama, for the land...

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