Hays v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Cowrt. — Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Action to quiet title to a forty-acre tract of land in Linn county. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and. the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The respective parties trace the-origin of their titles -to grants of land by the United States; that of the plaintiff being to the swamp-land, grant act, approved September 28, 1850, as amended;, and the defendant to the Iowa railroad grant of May 15,. 1856, as amended. The claim of the record title of the-parties'is as follows: That of the plaintiff, the act of' congress of 1850 granting to the states the swamp and overflowed lands unfit for cultivation within their boundaries; the act of the general assembly of 1853, granting to the counties the swamp and overflowed lands within their…
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- Railroad Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Allison v. HalfacreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
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- County of Buena Vista v. Iowa Falls & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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