POOLE v. FLEEGER


36 U.S. 185 (____)

11 Pet. 185

BURGESS POOLE AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE LESSEE OF JOHN FLEEGER AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A printed argument was submitted to the court by Mr. Washington, for the plaintiffs in error; and the case was argued at the bar for the defendants in error, by Mr. Catron, who also submitted a printed argument, prepared by Mr. Yerger and Mr. Forester, the counsel for the plaintiffs in the circuit court.


Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is the case of a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court of the United States for the district of West Tennessee. The original writ was an ejectment; brought by Fleeger and others, (th now defendants in error,) against Poole and others, (the now plaintiffs in error,) to recover a tract of land containing 2,727 acres in Montgomery county, in Tennessee, lying...

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