Cruise v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erkor to tbe Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before Hon. Bobert Dougherty. EJECTMENT by Walter D. Eiddle against Samuel S. Cruise.
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Erkor to tbe Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before Hon. Bobert Dougherty. EJECTMENT by Walter D. Eiddle against Samuel S. Cruise. Before entering into tbe consent rule and pleading, tbe defendant rnoyed to strike the cause from tbe docket, and to quasli and set aside tbe declaration and notice served upon him, on tbe ground that no process 'or writ bad been issued or served upon him, other than tbe said declaration and notice, which be contended were not sufficient in law to bring him into court, or to put him to bis defence on the merits. But tbe court decided, that said declaration and…
1Opinion of the Court
PHELAN, L
— The act of Congress of 11th of February, 1847, (P. Acts, p. 15) conferring bounty lands on soldiers, after declaring that warrants -may be located on any lands of the United States subject to private entry, contains this proviso ; “ Provided, thar no land warrant issued under the provisions of this act, shall be laid on any lauds of the United States to which there shall be a pre-emption right, or upon which there shall be an actual settlement and cultivation.”
The act of Congress of 4th September, 1841, (U. S. Statutes, vol. 5, p. 455,) the last general law on the subject of…
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