Barnard ex rel. Cannon v. Ashley ex rel. Ashley
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the • United States for the southern district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The points of law made by the respective counsel were so interwoven with the facts, that they cannot be explained without an elaborate statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The proceedings in the court below consisted of a bill filed by Barnard against Ashley and Craig, praying that certain patents for lands issued-to the defendants might be decreed to be cancelled, upon the ground of a violation of preemption rights on part of the complainant, to the following tracts, namely: N. E. i and S. W. fir. ‡ of sec. 27; S. E. ft. ¿ of see. 28, T. 18 S., R.1W.; S. W. ft. i of sec. 15, T. 19 S., R. 1 W.; S. E. ¿ of sec. 22, T. 18 S., R. 1 W.; and a cross-bill on „part of Ashley to be quieted in his title to the S. E. qr. of sec. 22, against the right set up by Barnard to…
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- Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Lytle v. the State of ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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- Barnard's Heirs v. ASHLEY'S HEIRSSupreme Court of the United States · 1856