U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio June 15, 1861 (Copen v. Flesher)

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

The original bill in chancery, filed by the complainant in this case, averred in substance, that he is a citizen of the state of Virginia, and one of the heirs of John Copen, deceased; that on September 20, 1806, a warrant, numbered 5,114, issued from the land-office, at Richmond, to the representatives of said John Copen, in consideration of his services in the Virginia