Anderson v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama. This was an action at law by Frank Y. Anderson and William J. Cameron, trustees, successors to John Swann and John A. Billups, trustees, against John Howard, to recover possession of certain parts of section 27, township 8 S., of range 10 E., in De Kalb county, Ala. In the circuit court a verdict was directed for defendant, and judgment entered accordingly. Plaintiffs bring error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama. This was an action at law by Frank Y. Anderson and William J. Cameron, trustees, successors to John Swann and John A. Billups, trustees, against John Howard, to recover possession of certain parts of section 27, township 8 S., of range 10 E., in De Kalb county, Ala. In the circuit court a verdict was directed for defendant, and judgment entered accordingly. Plaintiffs bring error. The -following is part of an agreed statement of facts filed in the case: It is agreed, by and between the parties to the…
1Per curiam
The question involved in this case is as to the proper construction of the act of congress approved June 3, 1856, entitled “An act granting public lands in alternate sections in the state of Alabama to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said state.” 11 Stat. 17, 18. The circuit court followed the decision of the interior department (Decisions Department of the Interior Eelating to Public Lands, vol. 3, p. 242) and the decisiop of the supreme court of Alabama in Swann v. Jenkins, 82 Ala. 478, 2 South. 136. [We concur in this ruling. Judgment affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Swann & Billups v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886