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Decided on : Jan-01-1855
Barnard v. Ashley - 59 U.S. 43 (1855) U.S. Supreme Court Barnard v. Ashley, 59 U.S. 18 How. 43 43 (1855) Barnard v. Ashley 59 U.S. (18 How.) 43 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus The Act of congress passed on the 4th of July, 1836, 5 Stat. 107, provided for a direct supervision by the Commissioner of the General Land Office over registers and receivers of the land offices, and therefore their judgment is not conclusive in a case where additional proceedings were had before them in 1837. The cases of Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Pet. 511, and Lytle v. Arkansas, 9 How. 333, commented on and explained. Where a survey was approved on June 4, 1834, a selection made, under the authority of congress, by Governor Pope on June 6, 1834, the lands thus selected were not open to preemptions under the act of June 19, 1834. Where there was an erroneous survey, a selection of a section did not attach until a correct survey was re...
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Ham v. Missouri - 59 U.S. 126 (1855) U.S. Supreme Court Ham v. Missouri, 59 U.S. 18 How. 126 126 (1855) Ham v. Missouri 59 U.S. (18 How.) 126 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI Syllabus The Act of congress passed on the 6th of March, 1820, 3 Stat. 547, accepted by an ordinance declaring the assent of the people of Missouri thereto, adopted on the 19th of July, 1820, granted to the state for the use of schools the sixteenth section of every township in the state, which had not been sold or otherwise disposed of. This expression, "otherwise disposed of," does not include the case of an imperfect title claimed to be derived from the Spanish governor which had been rejected by the board of commissioners in 1811. The claim was confirmed in 1828 so far as to relinquish all the title which the United States then had, but at that time the United states had no title, having granted the land to Missouri in 1820, which they had a right to do. The proviso in the Act of...
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