Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1826
Governeur's Heirs v. Robertson - 24 U.S. 332 (1826) U.S. Supreme Court Governeur's Heirs v. Robertson, 24 U.S. 11 Wheat. 332 332 (1826) Governeur's Heirs v. Robertson 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.) 332 CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY Syllabus An alien may take real property by grant, whether from the state or a private citizen, and may hold the same until his title is devested by an inquest of office or some equivalent proceeding. The Act of Assembly of Virginia of 1779, c. 13, s. 3, secured from escheat all the interest acquired by aliens in real property previous to the issuing of the patent, and left the rights acquired by them under the patent to be determined by the general principles of the common law. The title of an alien thus acquired by patent in 1784 under the laws of Virginia and subsequently confirmed to him by a legislative act of Kentucky in 1796, and to his heirs and their grantees by an act of the same state in 1799 will overreach a grant mad...
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