Iowa v. Rood
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This was a controversy over about 800 acres of land lying in the bed of what is known, as Owl Lake, in Humboldt County, Iowa. The original plaintiffs, the appellees in this case, claimed under the act of Congress of September 28, 1850, commonly known as the swamp land grant.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This was a controversy over about 800 acres of land lying in the bed of what is known, as Owl Lake, in Humboldt County, Iowa. The original plaintiffs, the appellees in this case, claimed under the act of Congress of September 28, 1850, commonly known as the swamp land grant. Defendants’ position was that the lands were unsurveyed lands belonging to the national government, subject to entry under the homestead and preemption laws, under which they had made entry. The State of Iowa intervened and claimed to own- the land in virtue of its right of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beoww
Motion is made to dismiss this case upon the ground that no Federal question is involved; or if there be such question, that there was another non-Federal question, the decision of which was sufficient to sustain the judgment, irrespective of what the decision of the Supreme Court may have been upon such Federal question.
1. From the foregoing abstract of the pleadings it will be seen that the title set up by the State rests solely upon the proposition that it became vested, upon its admission into the Union under'the act of Congress.of December 28, 1846, 9 Stat. 117, with sovereignty over the…
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