Boone v. Chiles
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. The principal facts of this case were the following: Reuben Seárcy being entitled to a settlement of four hundred acres of land, and a pre-emption of one thousand acres, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, under the laws of Virginia; obtained a certificate thereof from the commissioners, and he employed one. John Martin to perfect the title to the lands, and gave him one-half of. the same for so doing.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. The principal facts of this case were the following: Reuben Seárcy being entitled to a settlement of four hundred acres of land, and a pre-emption of one thousand acres, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, under the laws of Virginia; obtained a certificate thereof from the commissioners, and he employed one. John Martin to perfect the title to the lands, and gave him one-half of. the same for so doing. On the 24th September 1781, Searcy sold seven hundred acres, supposed to be one-half of the land, to William Hoy, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin
*200Reuben Searcy was entitled, in virtue of the law of Virginia of May 1779, as an actual'settler, to four hundred acres of land in right of settlement, and a pre-emption of one thousand acres adjoining; one-half whereof he gave to John Martin for location and patenting; and by bond, dated 24th September, 1781, bound himself to convey seven hundrH acres thereof to William Hoy, u as soon as deeds are made to hinds in this country- in general.” Hoy was to have the first choice of the lands — he bought Martin’s share. On the 15th December, 1781, Hoy, by an endorsement on the bond, assigned it to…
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