Barnes v. Irvine

Huston J.

Dissenting.—It has been often said, that the title to lands ought to be certain, and of course that points decided respecting such titles should be considered settled and sacred. Where such titles were acquired under legislative enactments, the party must comply with the requisitions of the law, or he acquired no title. It seemed settled that no one could disregard the provisions of the law, and in their place substitute what he supposed to be equivalents; but nothwithstanding all this, in point of fact, the time of courts in England and in the Dnited States, has been more occupied…