Crews v. Burcham
Supreme Court of the United States
By the treaty of 1832, the Pottawatomie Indians ceded to the United States all their lands in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan,'south of the Grand river; and by the same treaty the United States agreed to grant certain quantities of land to certain member's of the tribe — -among others, to Francis Besion a half section, to-be selected for him by the President after survey.
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By the treaty of 1832, the Pottawatomie Indians ceded to the United States all their lands in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan,'south of the Grand river; and by the same treaty the United States agreed to grant certain quantities of land to certain member's of the tribe — -among others, to Francis Besion a half section, to-be selected for him by the President after survey. The half section was surveyed, selected, and a patent for it was duly issued, in the name of Besion, in'1845. Besion died in 1843. Previous to his death, (and of course before the patent,) he conveyed his interest in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
' This bill was filed by the appellees, the complainants below, against the defendants, to enjoin a suit at law to recover a part of fractional section 24, in township 31, Illinois. By a treaty with the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians of October 27, 1832, the nation ceded to the United States all their lands in Illinois and other States, subject to certain reservations, for which patents were to be issued. Provision was made in the. treaty, that the reservations should be selected under the direction of the President of the United States, after the land was surveyed, and the boundaries should…
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