Nichols v. Nichols
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EBBOB to the County Court for Fond du Lac County. Walter JET. Nichols brought an action of trespass, quare claus-um fregit, against John Nichols, who pleaded bj way of justification, title to the locus in quo in himself.
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EBBOB to the County Court for Fond du Lac County. Walter JET. Nichols brought an action of trespass, quare claus-um fregit, against John Nichols, who pleaded bj way of justification, title to the locus in quo in himself. The plaintiff gave in evidence a patent for the premises from the United States to one Kasey, on account of services as a soldier in the army, dated February 14, 1846, and issued under the act of congress of July 27, 1842, and also the record of a deed of the same lands from Kasey and wife to himself, dated June 20, 1849, and recorded October 10, 1849, and also proof as to…
1Opinion of the CourtJackson, J.
The decision of this case involves an inquiry into the act of congress of 1812, together with the several acts of congress, passed subsequently, relating to the military bounty lands, appropriated for services in the war between the Uhited States and Great Britain.
The second section of the act of congress, passed May 6, 1812, providing for issuing warrants for the military land bounties to the persons entitled thereto, contains the proviso; “Provided always, that such warrants shall be issued only in the names of the persons thus entitled, and be by them, or their representatives, applied for…
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