Bradford v. Hall
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Mississippi
In Equity. Bill to quiet title. Actions by J. J. Bradford against Israel Hall and wife, and one against Margaret P. Turner, to quiet title to certain swamp lands in the state of Mississippi.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
These two causes are submitted together upon bills, cross-bills, answers, exhibits, and proofs, from which the following facts appear: By an act of the congress of the United States, approved 28th September, 1850, the title to the lands described in the bills, together with many other lands known as “swamp lands,” in this state, was vested *802in this state, to he used or sold, and the proceeds used in reclaiming said lands, and for other purposes. To carry into effect the object of this donation by congress, the legislature passed an act, approved on the 12th day of March, 1852, creating aboard…
2Cited by2 opinions
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