Daniel F. Strother, Plaintiff in Error v. John B. C. Lucas

This case comes up on a writ of error from the district court of Missouri. It was an action of ejectment for two arpens of land in front and forty arpens in depth, in and adjoining the city of St Louis in the state of Missouri. The material question in the case arises upon an instruction given to the jury upon the prayer of the defendant below, who is the defendant here.