Logan v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. /This case arises out of conflicting claims to 80 acres of land in O’Brien County, Iowa, under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 376, 24 Stat. 556, as amended February 12, 1896, c. 18, 29 Stat. 6, providing for the adjustment of railroad land grants, etc.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. /This case arises out of conflicting claims to 80 acres of land in O’Brien County, Iowa, under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 376, 24 Stat. 556, as amended February 12, 1896, c. 18, 29 Stat. 6, providing for the adjustment of railroad land grants, etc. The land is within the place limits of the grant made May 12,1864, c. 84,13 Stat. 72, to the State of Iowa to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, in that State, tb the southern boundary of Minnesota. The grant was in prcesenti and embraced every alternate section, designated. by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanteb
As Logan claimed as a purchaser in good faith within the meaning of § 4 of the adjustment act of 1887, under which a confirmatory patent had been issued to him, and the Supreme Court of the State denied that claim and held that he was not entitled to the benefit of the provisions of that section, the judgment is so plainly subject to review by this court under § 237 of the Judicial Code that a contention to the contrary, found in one of the briefs, is dismissed as not justifying further comment. Gauthier v. Morrison, 232 U. S. 452.
And as the Secretary of the Interior found, from the evidence…
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