Moore v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Circuit Court of White county. It is true that the military bounty act of 1812, contained a prohibition against any sale or assignment by the soldier of his bounty, until after the issuance of the patent, and declared all such assignments void.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of White county. It is true that the military bounty act of 1812, contained a prohibition against any sale or assignment by the soldier of his bounty, until after the issuance of the patent, and declared all such assignments void. But on the 22d May, 1826, an act of Congress was passed, authorizing the soldier to surrender and re-convey to the United States the bounty tract which had been patented to him, and to locate in lieu of it a like quantity of the public land within the military district, on proof to the satisfaction of the proper Register and Receiver…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This was an appeal from the law side of the White Circuit Court. The action was ejectment. The land in controversy was the N. E. quarter of section 10, Township 7 North of Range 7 West, containing one hundred and sixty acres.
All the parties claim under a patent for the land issued to Allen McVey, by the Federal Government, 24th of May, A. D.. 1842. This man, Allen McVey, was a soldier in the war of 1812, in Baker’s Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Having been entitled to bounty land for his services in the war, under the act of Congress, he drew a quarter section, under the act of the 6th…
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