Legal Opinion
Brophy v. Richeson
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1894No. 16,432PublishedCited by 13 opinions
From the Cass Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, C. J.
Under the provisions of an act of Congress, approved May 29, 1830, vesting the title to certain lands in the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding in the opening of a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie, the Canal Commissioners of the State selected, among other such lands, “the S. E. fr. qr. sec. 21, T. 27 N., R. 1 W., containing 95 and 31 hundredths acres." On the first day of November, 1843, this tract was granted by patent from the State to John Stevens, and on the 3d day of November, 1849, John Stephens and wife conveyed the land by the same…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Handly's Lessee v. AnthonySupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- State v. Portsmouth Savings BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Halsey v. . McCormickNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
- Dunlap v. StetsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1827
- ROSS v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Worthley v. BurbanksIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Welder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Town of Woodruff Place v. RaschigIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Irvin v. CrammondIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
- Gary Land Co. v. GrieselIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
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