Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1859
Lytle v. Arkansas - 63 U.S. 193 (1859) U.S. Supreme Court Lytle v. Arkansas, 63 U.S. 22 How. 193 193 (1859) Lytle v. Arkansas 63 U.S. (22 How.) 193 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS Syllabus Where the decision of a state court was against the validity of an entry of land which had been allowed by the proper officers of the United States, this Court has jurisdiction, under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, to revise that judgment, whether the invalidity was decreed upon a question of fact or of law. The adjudication of the register and receiver is subject to revision in the courts of justice on proof showing that the entry was obtained by fraud and the imposition of false testimony on those officers, as to settlement and cultivation. This Court has so decided heretofore. Over the questions raised in the court below of the effect of a bona fide purchase and of the statute of limitations this Court has no jurisdiction. But the evidence shows that the e...
Tag this Judgment!