Silver v. Ladd
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Oregon. An act of Congress of-27th September, 1850, providing for the survey and for making donations to settlers of public lands in Oregon, — commonly called the Donation Act, — provides by a part (here quoted verbatim) of its fourth section ' as follows: “ There shall be, and hereby is, granted to every white settler or occupant of the public lands, American half-breed Indians included, above the age of eighteen years, being a citizen of the…
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Error to the Supreme Court of Oregon. An act of Congress of-27th September, 1850, providing for the survey and for making donations to settlers of public lands in Oregon, — commonly called the Donation Act, — provides by a part (here quoted verbatim) of its fourth section ' as follows: “ There shall be, and hereby is, granted to every white settler or occupant of the public lands, American half-breed Indians included, above the age of eighteen years, being a citizen of the United States, or having made a declaration according to law of his intention to become a citizen, or who shall make such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The donation certificate granted to Elizabeth Thomas was set aside by the Commissioner of the Land Office, June 25, 1862, on the ground'that Elizabeth Thomas was not the head of a family. On appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, the action of the commissioner was affirmed, on the ground that she was not a settler on the land. The Supreme Court of Oregon, whose judgment we are now to review, held the certificate void, because she was not such a person as could take lands under the act, being an unmarried female.
If, for any of these reasons, the action of the commissioner can be sustained-,…
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