Cunningham v. Ashley
Supreme Court of the United States
. Tips case .was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas,- by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the-Judiciary Act.
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. Tips case .was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas,- by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the-Judiciary Act. The facts in the case were numerous and eomplicáted, and a statement of the principal ones is given in the opinion of thS court. . It-would not throw light upon any general principle if the reporter were to give a more particular account of thé long series of acts which the respective parties considered to be the foundation of their respective, titles. Nor would it be possible explain the arguments of counsel, commenting on contradictory…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
A writ of error to the Supreme Court of Arkansas, brings this case in Chancery before us, under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act.
Oil the1 25th of December, 1824, Matthew Cunningham, by his attorney, applied to the Register of the Land-Office at Bates-' ville, in Arkansas, to become the purchaser of the south-east quarter of section three, in township one,, north, ánd in range twelve, west of the fifth principal meridian, south of the Arkansas, River; by virtue of a certificate (No. 23) granted by the Register of the said land district, to William Wylee, assignee of William ,…
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