Sargeant v. the State Bank of Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the District of Indiana. It was an ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error, citizens of Vermont, against the State Bank of Indiana, under the following circumstances. ' By a law passed on the 14th of January, 1824, the Legislature of Indiana provided that whenever any new county should be laid off, five commissioners should be appointed to locate the seat of justice therein, to receive donations in…
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This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the District of Indiana. It was an ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error, citizens of Vermont, against the State Bank of Indiana, under the following circumstances. ' By a law passed on the 14th of January, 1824, the Legislature of Indiana provided that whenever any new county should be laid off, five commissioners should be appointed to locate the seat of justice therein, to receive donations in land, and take title-bonds for the conveyance of it to such persons as the county commissioners should direct. In 1826 the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
The facts upon which this case is founded are' to the effect following. The legislature of Indiana, having by a law bearing date on the 20th January, 1826, laid off and established the county of Tippecanoe in that State; by the same act appointed four commissioners for the purpose of selecting and establishing a seat of justice for the county thus created, in conformity with the provision. of another statute of the State, passed on the 14th of January, 1824, entitled “ An act establishing seats of justice in new counties,.” and with the provisions of other acts amend- ' atory of the law last…
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