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KING v. MULLINS

No. 157.

171 U.S. 404 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 925

43 L.Ed. 214

KING, v. MULLINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maynard F. Styles for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Z.T. Vinson and Mr. Holmes Conrad for defendants in error.

Mr. W.E. Chilton and Mr. James H. Ferguson filed briefs for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action of ejectment was brought to recover that part lying in the State of West Virginia of a tract of 500,000 acres of land patented by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1795 to Robert Morris, assignee of Wilson Cary Nicholas.

The persons sued were very numerous, but M.B. Mullins, Alexander McClintock and John McClintock having elected to sever in their defence from other defendants, the case was tried...

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