State v. Michie

The bill seeks the cancellation of a patent to sixteenth section lands issued by the secretary of state in the name of the state pursuant to Code, § 6070.

The original bill seems to proceed on the theory that by a local act of 1826, amended in 1828 and 1832, incorporating “School Commissioners” for this particular township (Township 4, range 8, in Lawrence county), the legal title to this property passed out of the state, and the sole power to convey passed to and is still held by such “School Commissioners.”

The amended bill, however, abandons this contention,. treats the patent in question as…