McLenan v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque City Court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. as to the statute of limitations, cited Bowman v. Wathan, 1 How., 189; Ang. Lim., 190; Could v. Could, 3 Story O. O. R, 539; Ferson v. Sanger, 1 Wood. & Min. C. O. R., 138; as to the assignment of a right of action for a fraud, Brace v. Reed, 3 G. Greene, 422. as to the statute of limitations, cited Rev. of 1860, § 2741; 2 Story Eq. Jur., § 1521; Ferris v. Henderson, 12 Penn.
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Appeal from Dubuque City Court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. as to the statute of limitations, cited Bowman v. Wathan, 1 How., 189; Ang. Lim., 190; Could v. Could, 3 Story O. O. R, 539; Ferson v. Sanger, 1 Wood. & Min. C. O. R., 138; as to the assignment of a right of action for a fraud, Brace v. Reed, 3 G. Greene, 422. as to the statute of limitations, cited Rev. of 1860, § 2741; 2 Story Eq. Jur., § 1521; Ferris v. Henderson, 12 Penn. St., 49; Raymond v. Simondson, 4 Blackf., 49.
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
In the spring of 1847 the Federal Government sold at public outcry the mineral lands lying around the city of Dubuque. These lands were previously possessed by a large number of occupants, whose claims were of different and irregular sizes, not corresponding with the lines of the government surveys. These occupants formed a claim association, under a constitution and a written agreement, which they respectively signed, including the parties to this suit. The obj ect of this association and agreement was to settle by arbitration prior to the public sales, the rights to disputed claims, and to…
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