Illinois v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. That after tbe passage of tbe act of September 28, 1850' (9 Stat. L., 519), tbe government of tbe United States continued to dispose of, and in fact did dispose of to individuals, large quantities of the swamp and overflowed lands in tbe State of Illinois.
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The Reporters' statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. That after tbe passage of tbe act of September 28, 1850' (9 Stat. L., 519), tbe government of tbe United States continued to dispose of, and in fact did dispose of to individuals, large quantities of the swamp and overflowed lands in tbe State of Illinois. On tbe 31st day of March, 1858, Hon. Jacob Thompson, then Secretary of tbe Interior, decided that tbe State of' Hlinois was not entitled to locate swamp indemnity lands outside tbe limits of tbe said State, under tbe provisions of tbe act of March 2,…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
By an act approved September 28, 1850,.swamp and overflowed lands unfit for cultivation were granted to the States^ wherein they were situated, to be drained and reclaimed. These-lands not being definitely located, were in many instance innocently taken up by individuals, who in due course received title therefor from the Land Office. To remedy the difficulties-which necessarily followed these double titles, Congress, in 18.15-[March 2, 1855,10 Stat. L., p. 634), confirmed the patents issued to individuals, and granted to the States the purchase-money received for swamp lands sold, or if the…
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