Carroll v. Safford
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up on a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan, sitting as a court of equity. The complainant resided in the state of New York, and in 1836 purchased from the United States three thousand five hundred and forty-nine and seventy-one one-hundredths acres of land in Genesee county, in Michigan.
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This case came up on a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan, sitting as a court of equity. The complainant resided in the state of New York, and in 1836 purchased from the United States three thousand five hundred and forty-nine and seventy-one one-hundredths acres of land in Genesee county, in Michigan. The lands were paid for in the way usually pursued by purchasers of the public domain, subject to private entry and sale. According to the laws ofCongress, and the practice of the land officers, an individual wishing to purchase a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
The complainant filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States, in Michigan, stating that he is .the owner in fee-simple of certain lands lying in Genesee county, amounting to three thousand five hundred, and forty-nine and seventy-one'hundredths acres, and of the value of $7500. That, in 1836, he entered these lands, paid for them, and received from the land-oífice a final certificate. Patents were issued for them o'n the 12th of August, 1837.' That the delay in- issuing the patents was not at the instance of complainant. Before the emanation of the patents, the lands were assessed…
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