Moore & McFerrin v. McGuire
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas
In Equity. The complainants seek by this bill to quiet their title to a tract of land constituting an island in the Mississippi river, now known as “Island No. 76.” The material allegations in the original bill and amendment thereto are that the complainants, citizens of the state of Illinois, are the owners and in pop-session of the lands in controversy, which are situated in the county of Desha and state of Arkansas.
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In Equity. The complainants seek by this bill to quiet their title to a tract of land constituting an island in the Mississippi river, now known as “Island No. 76.” The material allegations in the original bill and amendment thereto are that the complainants, citizens of the state of Illinois, are the owners and in pop-session of the lands in controversy, which are situated in the county of Desha and state of Arkansas. They derain their title to all of the lands except 51 acres as follows: Certificates of purchase and patents from the United States government, issued in July, 1847, and at…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts). 1. Where is the western boundary line of the state of Mississippi, under the act of Congress admitting the state into the Union?
The language of the act of Congress admitting that state into the Union, approved March 1, 1817, describes the western boundary of the state as follows:
“Beginning on the river Mississippi at the point where the southern boundary line of the state of Tennessee strikes the same; thence east; * * * thence south; * * * thence west along the said degree of latitude to the Mississippi river; thence up the same to the beginning.” 3 Stat. 348, c.…
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