Smith v. Cockrill
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas. Tbe suit was an action of ejectment by Cockrill against Smith, to recover the possession of several lots of land in tbe city of Leavenworth.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas. Tbe suit was an action of ejectment by Cockrill against Smith, to recover the possession of several lots of land in tbe city of Leavenworth. The plaintiff claimed title >under a sale on a judgment against one Clark, recovered in a State court on the 4th of April, 1862. The sale took place on execution upon the judgment on the 23d of July, 1863, at which the plaintiff, Cockrill, became the purchaser, and received a deed from the sheriff of the lots in question. The defendant, Smith, also claimed title under a sale on execution upon two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
The State of Kansas was admitted into the Union by act of Congress on the 29th January, 1861, the fourth section of w'hich provided, “ that from and after the admission of the State of Kansas, as heretofore provided, all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that State as in other States of the Union: and the said State is hereby constituted a judicial district,” &e. *
The act of 1828 provided, “ that the forms of mesne pro^ cess, except the title, and the forms and modes of proceed ing in suits in the courts of the…
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