Gleason v. White
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. In 1845 fractional township 53 -south, range 42 west, in .Dade County, Florida, was surveyed and a plat thereof was approved and filed in the office of the surveyor general in Florida, and also in the office of the Land Department of Washington. By this survey fractional section 19 was divided into two lots, numbered 1 and 2, containing 164.84 acres.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. In 1845 fractional township 53 -south, range 42 west, in .Dade County, Florida, was surveyed and a plat thereof was approved and filed in the office of the surveyor general in Florida, and also in the office of the Land Department of Washington. By this survey fractional section 19 was divided into two lots, numbered 1 and 2, containing 164.84 acres. In 1875 a resurvey was made of the township, plats of which were also duly approved and filed in the office of the surveyor general in Florida and with the Land Department at Washington. By this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beeweb
The case was tried by the cou!rt without a jury. No special findings of fact having been made, and the. proceedings in the trial court having been approved by the Supreme Court of the State, without an opinion, we must affirm the judgment if there be evidence sufficient to sustain it, although there may be other testimony of a contradictory nature.' It is not our. province to weigh conflicting testimony in a case coming to us as this does. . ;
It is-undoubtedly true that the official surveys of the public lands of the United States are controlling; Stoneroad v. Stoneroad, 158 U. S. 240;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whitaker v. McBrideSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Russell v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Stoneroad v. StoneroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Montana Lumber & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
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- Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Phelps v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1948
- United States v. 11,993.32 Acres of LandDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1953
- United States v. EldredgeDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1940
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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