Supreme Court of the United States January 29, 1827 (Edward's Lessee v. Darby)

Mr. Justice Trimble

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

The plaintiff prosecuted an action of ejectment in that Court, to recover possession of a small tract of 20 or 30 acres of land, which had been laid out in lots and squares as part of the town of Nashville, the tenants in possession being the