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Jackson v. Lamphire - 28 U.S. 280 (1830) U.S. Supreme Court Jackson v. Lamphire, 28 U.S. 3 Pet. 280 280 (1830) Jackson v. Lamphire 8 U.S. (3 Pet.) 280 ERROR TO THE COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF IMPEACHMENTS AND CORRECTION OF ERROR FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK Syllabus This Court has no authority, on a writ of error from a state court, to declare a state law void on account of its collision with a state constitution, it not being a case embraced in the Judiciary Act, which gives the power of a writ of error to the highest judicial tribunal of the state. The plaintiff in error claimed to recover the land in controversy, having derived his title under a patent granted by the State of New York to John Cornelius. He insisted that the patent created a contract between the state and the patentee, and his heirs and assigns, that they should enjoy the land free from any legislative regulations to be made in violence of the constitution of the state, and that an act passed by the Legislature of ...
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Carver v. Jackson - 29 U.S. 1 (1830) U.S. Supreme Court Carver v. Jackson, 29 U.S. 4 Pet. 1 1 (1830) Carver v. Jackson 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 1 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus The practice of bringing the whole of the charge of the court delivered to the jury in the court below for review before this Court is unauthorized and extremely inconvenient both to the inferior and to the appellate court. With the charge of the court to the jury upon mere matters of fact and with its commentaries upon the weight of evidence this Court has nothing to do. Observations of that nature are understood to be addressed to the jury merely for their consideration as the ultimate judges of the matters of fact, and are entitled to no more weight or importance than the jury in the exercise of their own judgment choose to give them. They neither are nor are understood to be binding on them as the true and conclusive exposition of the evidence...
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Galt v. Galloway - 29 U.S. 332 (1830) U.S. Supreme Court Galt v. Galloway, 29 U.S. 4 Pet. 332 332 (1830) Galt v. Galloway 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 332 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OHIO Syllabus The possession of a warrant has always been considered at the land office in Ohio sufficient authority to make locations under it. Letters of attorney were seldom, if ever, given to locators, because they were deemed unnecessary. An entry could only be made in the name of the person to whom the warrant was issued or assigned, so that the locator could acquire no title in his own name except by a regular assignment. When an entry is surveyed, its boundaries are designated, and nothing can be more reasonable and just than that these shall limit the claim of the locator. To permit him to vary his lines so as to affect injuriously the rights of others subsequently acquired would be manifestly in opposition to every principle of justice. Since locations were made in the Virginia Military Dist...
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Hollingsworth v. Barbour - 29 U.S. 466 (1830) U.S. Supreme Court Hollingsworth v. Barbour, 29 U.S. 4 Pet. 466 466 (1830) Hollingsworth v. Barbour 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 466 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY Syllabus H. entered, with the proper surveyor for the District of Kentucky, 45,000 acres of land in the County of Washington in that state by virtue of Treasury warrants. A survey was made thereon in 1786, and a patent for the land issued to H. in 1797. The warrants were purchased by the ancestor of the complainant, by a parol agreement with H. previous to their entry. Before this agreement H., in connection with a person who owned other warrants, had made an agreement with S. to locate their respective warrants, which agreement was ratified by the complainant, who paid a sum of money to S. for fees of patenting, and agreed to make S. a liberal compensation for his services, and S. located and surveyed under the warrants 45,000 acres, returned the survey...
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Society for Propagation of Gospel v. Town of Pawlet - 29 U.S. 480 (1830) U.S. Supreme Court Society for Propagation of Gospel v. Town of Pawlet, 29 U.S. 4 Pet. 480 480 (1830) Society for the Propagation of the Gospel v. Town of Pawlet 29 U.S. (4 Pet.) 480 ON DIVISION OF OPINION AMONG THE JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT Syllabus Ejectment to recover a lot of land, being the first division lot laid out to the right of the society in the Town of Pawlet. The plaintiffs are described in the writ as "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a corporation duly established in England within the dominions of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of which society, are aliens, and subjects of the said King." The defendants pleaded the general issue of not guilty. The general issue admits the competency of the plaintiffs to sue in the corporate capacity in which they have sued. If the...
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