Board of Supervisors v. Banks

The plaintiffs in error brought suit in the circuit court to recover lands in the village of Cassopolis which were claimed under a dedication by the original proprietors for a public square. The ease comes before us on a finding of facts by the circuit judge, upon which he ordered judgment for defendants. The following are the important facts :

By an act to amend an act entitled “ An act to provide for establishing seats of justice,” approved March 4,1831, it was provided among other things that the governor, with the advice and consent of the legislative council, should appoint three…