Little v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. The facts, which involve the construction of the SwampLand Act of 1850 and the title to certain lands in Arkansas, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a suit to quiet the title to about 1,200 acres of land in Mississippi County, in the State of Arkansas, lying within the meander line of what was represented on the plats of the United States survey as Walker’s lake. The plaintiff claimed title through (a) the act of Congress of September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 519, c. 84, granting swamp and overflowed lands to the State, (b) an act of the state legislature in 1893 (Laws Ark. 1893, p. 172) granting to the St. Francis Levee District “all the lands of this State” lying within that district, and (c) a deed of March 11, 1903, from the levee…
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