John W. King and Others, Appellants v. James Hamilton

This case comes up on appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the seventh circuit, in the district of Ohio. The bill, in the court below, was filed for the purpose of obtaining the specific execution of a contract entered into between Elisha King, the father of John W. King, and Alexander Hamilton, the father of James Hamilton; and also to enjoin all further proceedings at law on a judgment in an action of ejectment, obtained by John W. King for the recovery of possession of a part of the land alleged to have been comprised within the contract.