Moore v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. The whole case was contained in the certificate, which was as follows: — “ The United States of America, District of Illinois.
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This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. The whole case was contained in the certificate, which was as follows: — “ The United States of America, District of Illinois. “ At a Circuit Court of the United States, begun and held at Springfield, for the District of Illinois, on Monday, the 7th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in the seventy-first year of our independence. ' “ Present*, the Hon. John McLean and the Hon. Nathaniel Pope, Esquires. “Joshua J. Moore v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
Upon the trial of the cause, after the plaintiff had introduced his testimony and rested his case upon it,, the defendants, in order to bring themselves within the limitation act of Illinois, passed in 1835, offered in evidence as the foundation of their title a deed from the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois. It purports to have been executed by virtue of a sale made on the 9th day of December, 1823, for the non-payment of taxes under the revenue act of February, 1823. The plaintiff’s counsel objected to the introduction of the paper, and the court were divided in opinion…
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