Jackson ex dem. Grignon v. Astor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Brown County. Ejectment for the recovery of certain real estate. Robert Grignon and Peter B. Grignon, two of the lessors of the plaintiff, claimed the land as sons and heirs at law of Pierre Grignon, deceased, to whom a tract of land, including the disputed premises, was confirmed by act of congress, and for which a patent issued several years after his death, and after the sale of the land by his administrator.
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ERROR to the District Court for Brown County. Ejectment for the recovery of certain real estate. Robert Grignon and Peter B. Grignon, two of the lessors of the plaintiff, claimed the land as sons and heirs at law of Pierre Grignon, deceased, to whom a tract of land, including the disputed premises, was confirmed by act of congress, and for which a patent issued several years after his death, and after the sale of the land by his administrator. Morgan L. Martin, the other lessor of the plaintiff, claimed jointly with .them, by virtue of a deed from- said Robert and Peter, conveying to him an…
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
By an act of congress, entitled “ An act to continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the Territory of Michigan,” approved February 21,1823, claims to certain lands therein referred to were confirmed. The acts referred to are an act of congress entitled “An act regulating grants of land in the Territory of Michigan,” approved March 3, 1807 ; an act approved April 23, 1812, entitled “ An act to authorize the granting of patents to land according to the surveys that have, been made, and to grant donation rights to certain claimants of land in the district of Detroit,”…
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- Elliott v. Lessee of PeirsolSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- Grignon's Lessee v. ASTORSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Thompson v. TolmieSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Hopkins v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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