Legal Opinion

Wirth v. Branson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1878No. 69PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This case was before us at the December Term, 1872. Branson v. Wirth, 17 Wall. 32. It comes before us now on a different state of facts ; the original patent to Giles Egerton, which was not produced on the former trial, being produced on the trial which has taken place since our decision, and purports to be for the southeast quarter of section 18, instead of the northeast quarter in controversy. The question is, whether this fact changes the rights of the parties. A statement of the case, however, is necessary, in order to show the precise questions which are now raised by the-record.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shepley v. CowanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Stark v. StarrsSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  3. Frisbie v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. Lytle v. the State of ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  5. Branson v. WirthSupreme Court of the United States · 1873

3Cited by68 opinions

  1. United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Benson Mining & Smelting Co. v. Alta Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. De Graffenreid v. Iowa Land & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  4. Payne v. Central Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901

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