SHRIVER'S LESSEE v. LYNN ET AL.


43 U.S. 43 (____)

2 How. 43

DAVID SURIVER JUNIOR'S LESSEE v. MARY LYNN, WILLIAM LYNN, GEORGE LYNN, JOHN G. LYNN, JAMES C. LYNN, ELLEN JANE LYNN, MARY MAGRUDER, JONATHAN W. MAGRUDER, ANNA B. TILGHMAN, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS SCHLEY, (WHO MARRIED WITH FRANCINA C. LYNN DECEASED, DAUGHTER OF DAVID LYNN) FREDERICK AUGUSTUS SCHLEY, WILLIAM HENRY SCHLEY, AND ELIZA M. SCHLEY (CHILDREN OF FREDERICK A. SCHLEY AND FRANCINA HIS WIFE) DEVISEES OF DAVID LYNN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Johnson, for the plaintiff.

Schley, for the defendants.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes up on a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland. An action of ejectment was commenced by the lessor of the plaintiff, to recover the possession of 100 acres of land, part of a tract called George's Adventure, situated near the town of Cumberland. In the Circuit Court a verdict was found for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of...

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