Neilson v. Lagow
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of Indiana, by a writ of error isued .under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. . As a motion was madeto dismiss it for want.of jurisdiction, and , the merits , of the case were hot discussed; a brief statement of the facts will'be sufficient. . It was an action of disseizin, similar to. ah ejectment, brought by Lagow in the Circuit Court for the county of Knox ahd State of Indiana, against Neilson, Billis, and…
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of Indiana, by a writ of error isued .under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. . As a motion was madeto dismiss it for want.of jurisdiction, and , the merits , of the case were hot discussed; a brief statement of the facts will'be sufficient. . It was an action of disseizin, similar to. ah ejectment, brought by Lagow in the Circuit Court for the county of Knox ahd State of Indiana, against Neilson, Billis, and Thomas, to recover possession of a piece of property known by the name of the Steam-mill Tract, lying in the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
It appears, that, at the trial in the State court, the plaintiff in error claimed the land in dispute under au authority which he alleged had been exercised by the 'Secretary of the Treasury in behalf of the United States; and the decision was against the validity of the authority thus alleged to have been exercised. Whether the title, of the plaintiff in error can be maintained under it, or not, will be the subject of inquiry when the case is heard on its merits. That question is not now before the court, and the only point tó be determined at this time is, whether we have jurisdiction to…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Hall Neilson, in Error v. Wilson LagowSupreme Court of the United States · 1849