Lytle v. the State of Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. It involved the validity of an entry of four fractional quarter-sections of land, one of which only, namely, the northwest fractional quarter of section number two in township one north of range twelve west, was passed upon by this court.
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. It involved the validity of an entry of four fractional quarter-sections of land, one of which only, namely, the northwest fractional quarter of section number two in township one north of range twelve west, was passed upon by this court. The history of the claim is this; The- act of Congress passed on the 29th of May, 1830 (4 Stat. at Large, 420), gave to every occupant of the public lands prior to the date of the act, and who had cultivated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This writ of error brings before us a decree of' the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas.
The complainants filed their bill in the Pulaski Circuit Court of that State, charging that Nathan Cloyes, their ancestor, during his life, claimed a right of preemption under the act of Congress of the 29th of May, 1830, to the northwest fractional quarter of section numbered two in township one north of range twelve, w^st. That he was in' possession of the land claimed when the above act was passed, and had occupied it in 1829. That he was entitled to enter, by legal subdivisions, any number of…
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