Chotard v. Pope

The rights.of the complainants in the.land in litigation in this cause, depend upon the construction of the act of Congress of May 8th, 1820, passed for the relief of the legal re, presentatives of Henry Willis, The words of that act under which the complainants suppose-themselves entitled to re» lief, are these: “ That the legal representatives of Henry Willis be, and they are hereby authorized to enter without payment, in. lieu, &c. in any land office, &c. in the States of Mississippi or Alabama, &c., a quantity of land not exceeding thirteen hundred acres, &c.” Under the operation of these…