RYAN ET AL. v. CARTER ET AL.


93 U.S. 78 (____)

RYAN ET AL. v. CARTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Mr. Daniel T. Jewett for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Montgomery Blair, contra.


MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants, and those under whom they claim, have been in continuous and adverse possession of the land in controversy, claiming title to it for more than thirty-five years. The justice of the case, growing out of such length of possession, is manifestly with the court below; and we think the law of it is equally so.

The property in suit is part of a tract of...

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