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MILLER v. COURTNAY

No. 157.

152 U.S. 172 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 517

38 L.Ed. 401

MILLER, v. COURTNAY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter J. Lamb, Mr. A.C. Ricketts, and Mr. Henry H. Wilson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. D.G. Courtnay in person for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment, and in such an action in a Federal court the legal title prevails. As the proceedings in the action in the Lancaster County District Court, from the service of the summons upon Luke Lavender to the confirmation of the sale to Martha I. Courtnay and the execution of the sheriff's deed, were confessedly regular in form, the legal title passed...

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