Wilson v. Wall
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, who were the surviving children and heirs-at-law of William Ilall, deceased, against Samuel Wilson and others ; and sought to recover a certain tract of land, which the complainants claimed as hereinafter more particularly stated, to have the land partitioned among themselves, and to make the defendants account for the rents and profits while in their…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, who were the surviving children and heirs-at-law of William Ilall, deceased, against Samuel Wilson and others ; and sought to recover a certain tract of land, which the complainants claimed as hereinafter more particularly stated, to have the land partitioned among themselves, and to make the defendants account for the rents and profits while in their possession. The lands in controversy, amounting in all to 2240 acres, were patented by the United States to said…
1Opinion of the CourtR. W. Walker, J.
This case involves the construction of the 14th article of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Indians, concluded at Dancing Rabbit creek, 15th September, 1830. That article is in the following Vords:
“Each Choctaw head of a family, being desirous to remain and become a citizen of the States, shall be permitted to do so, by signifying his intention to the agent within six months from the ratification of this treaty; and he or she shall thereupon be entitled to a reservation of one section of six hundred and forty acres of land, to be bounded by sectional lines of survey; in…
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- Ballance v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
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