MUMFORD v. WARDWELL


73 U.S. 423 (____)

6 Wall. 423

MUMFORD v. WARDWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T. Ewing, Jr., for the plaintiff in error, Mumford:

Messrs. Botts, Dwinelle, and Lake, contra:


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff brought ejectment against the defendant to recover possession of a certain tract of land situated in the city of San Francisco, describing it by metes and bounds, and as the one hundred-vara lot numbered one hundred and eighty-six, as laid down and represented on the official map of the city. Defendant pleaded that he was in the possession of the lot as owner...

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