Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1829
Reynolds v. McArthur - 27 U.S. 417 (1829) U.S. Supreme Court Reynolds v. McArthur, 27 U.S. 2 Pet. 417 417 (1829) Reynolds v. McArthur 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 417 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Syllabus The lands northwest of the River Ohio, between the Rivers Scioto and Little Miami, lying west of Ludlow's Line, east of Roberts' Line, and south of the Indian boundary, reserved by Virginia in her deed of cession to the United States of March, 1784, for the satisfaction of the military bounties Virginia had promised, were not, prior to 1810, by any legislative acts of the government of the United States withdrawn from appropriation under and by virtue of Virginia military land warrants. A patent issued on 12 October, 1812, founded upon a military land warrant for land within the reserved lands is valid against a claimant of the same land holding under a sale made by the United States. This was an action of ejectment brought originally in the Court of Common Pleas for Champaign Cou...
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Hunt v. Wickliffe - 27 U.S. 201 (1829) U.S. Supreme Court Hunt v. Wickliffe, 27 U.S. 2 Pet. 201 201 (1829) Hunt v. Wickliffe 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 201 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY Syllabus An entry was made in the land office of Kentucky of one thousand acres, in the name of "John Floyd's heirs," without naming the persons who were the heirs. Upon an objection to the validity of the entry, the court said that substituting a legal description which cannot be misunderstood for the more definite description by the proper names of the persons who are the heirs, was not of such substantial importance as to vitiate the transaction. An entry was made "so as to join the settlements on the north east and south sides thereof, so as not to run into the old military surveys which are legal. " The old military surveys formed together a parallelogram, and adjoined the lands intended to be described by the entry. It was objected that the limitation on the entry "so as not to run-...
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