Moore v. McGuire
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FÍJ.OM THE CIRCUIT -COURT OF THE UNITER STATES' FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill to quiet and remove a cloud upon the title to ■land alleged to be in Arkansas. The Circuit Court found that the land was in Mississippi and dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction. 142 Fed. Rep. 787. The judge made the usual certificate, and an appeal was taken to this court.
The land in controversy is Island No. 76, formerly called' Chapeau Island, in the Mississippi River, and whether it is part of Arkansas or of Mississippi depends, as both parties agree, on what was the western boundary of Mississippi, as established by the Act of Congress admitting that State to the…
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