WILSON v. MASON


5 U.S. 44 (____)

1 Cranch 44

GEORGE WILSON v. RICHARD MASON, DEVISEE OF GEORGE MASON. AND RICHARD MASON, DEVISEE OF GEORGE MASON, v. GEORGE WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

*Daveiss, for plaintiff in error. *56

Mason, for defendant in error.

Lee, for the plaintiff in error.

Mason, for defendant in error.


The court took time till this term to consider, and now the Chief Justice delivered the following opinion:

Opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, rendered on a caveat, and is governed by the land laws of Virginia.

*88 *In the year 1779, the legislature of that commonwealth opened a land-office, and offered for sale, with

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