Robinson v. Jones
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county. Heard below before Wakeley, J. to the contention that government land could not be pre-empted in trust for another: St. Peter v. Bunker,5 Minn., 153; Pan-dad v. Bdart, 7 Id., 359; Plosmer v. Wallace, 97 U. S., 575; Bohall v. Billa, 114 Id., 47; Harkness v. Underhill, 1 Black [U. S.], 316; Myers v. Croft, 13 Wall. [U. S.], 291; Smiley v. Sampson, 1 Neb., 56; Warren v. Van Brunt, 19 *Wall. [U. S.], 646; Leggett v. Dubois, 5…
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Appeal from the district court for Douglas county. Heard below before Wakeley, J. to the contention that government land could not be pre-empted in trust for another: St. Peter v. Bunker,5 Minn., 153; Pan-dad v. Bdart, 7 Id., 359; Plosmer v. Wallace, 97 U. S., 575; Bohall v. Billa, 114 Id., 47; Harkness v. Underhill, 1 Black [U. S.], 316; Myers v. Croft, 13 Wall. [U. S.], 291; Smiley v. Sampson, 1 Neb., 56; Warren v. Van Brunt, 19 *Wall. [U. S.], 646; Leggett v. Dubois, 5 Paige [N. Y.], 114; R. Co. v. Durant, 95 IT. S., 576; Perry, Trusts; sec. 131; 2 Story, Eq. Jur., sec. 12016. cited,…
1Opinion of the CourtNormal, J.
The plaintiff, Franklin Robinson, when eighteen years old, enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican war, serving as a private in Captain Stewart’s company, battalion Missouri mounted volunteers. He was discharged at the close of the war and returned to his home -in Gentry county, Missouri. In May, 1849, the plaintiff left for California, where he remained and resided until shortly before instituting this suit in the court below. Before leaving Missouri, Robinson made application for a land warrant, *22to which he was entitled for services as a soldier. It not^ having been issued when he started for…
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