Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.
There is no question that at the commencement of the suit the legal title to the lots was in the heirs of Lownsdale.
The equity which Davenport sets up in his cross-bill, arises from transactions antecedent to the issue of the patent certificate of Lownsdale, and indeed antecedent to the enactment of the Donation law by Congress, under which Lownsdale's title originated.
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