SPIERS v. WILLISON


8 U.S. 398 (____)

4 Cranch 398

SPIERS v. WILLISON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.B. Key, for the plaintiff in error.

Jones and Harper, contra.


MARSHALL, Ch. J.

The error assigned consists in both the admission and the operation of the testimony. So far as evidence of the existence of a deed went to show the nature of the possession which accompanied the deed, so far it was admissible; but it was not in itself evidence of any title in the plaintiff. There was no error, therefore, in admitting the testimony as to the deed.

But in overruling the prayer to instruct...

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