DENT v. EMMEGER


81 U.S. 308 (1871)

14 Wall. 308

DENT v. EMMEGER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Glover and Shepley, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. B.A. Hill, contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error brought an action of ejectment to recover the premises described in his declaration. They consist of thirty acres of land, and are lots 90 and 91 of the commons tract of the town or village of Carondelet, as subdivided by the survey made by Jasper Myer, in 1837. The parties waived the intervention of a jury and submitted the...

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