Legal Opinion
Tolleston Club v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1894No. 17,265PublishedCited by 10 opinions
From the Lake Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.
This was an action for the recovery of certain overflowed lands along the Little Calumet river, in Lake county, and was brought against the appellants by the appellee, the State of Indiana.
The land is claimed by the State under provisions of an act of Congress, approved September 28, 1850, acts of Congress, 1850, p. 141, known as the swamp land act, which reads as follows:
“Be it enacted, * * * That to enable the State of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hardin v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Railroad Co. v. SchurmeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- State v. Portsmouth Savings BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- ROSS v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Gary Land Co. v. GrieselIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. SurpriseIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
- Kean v. RobyIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
- Kirch v. PersingerSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
- Tolleston Club of Chicago v. CloughIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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