McCord v. Slavin

HARRISON, C.

By section 1 of an act approved March 24, 1893, (Stats. 1893, p. 341,) the legislature authorized the sale of “any of the lands uncovered by the recession or drainage of the waters of inland lakes, and inuring to the state by virtue of her sovereignty, or the swamp and overflowed lands not segregated by the United States,” to any person desiring to purchase the same, upon his making an application therefor in conformity with the provisions of said act.

Section 5 of the act declares: ‘ 1 The swamp and overflowed lands designated in this act shall be sold and patented at the same…