Udell v. Davidson
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. The facts in the case áre sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court..
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
A motion has been made to dismiss this case, for want of jurisdiction.. It appears that a man by the name of Gregory had obtained, by residence on the land mentioned in the proceedings, a right of preemption, under the act of Congress of 1838. But, before he paid the price fixed by the government in such cases, or máde the entry, he sold his right to Miller, one of the plaintiffs in error. Miller afterwards conveyed to a man by the name of Joslyn, in secret trust foi; himself, and subject to his control. ■ Subsequently to this conveyance, Joslyn, by the direction of Miller, conveyed to UdeM,…
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