Marlow v. Adams

delivered tho opinion of the court.

Marlow and Adams both applied to the land agent of the Little Rock swamp land district, in March 1859, to enter the land in controversy in this case, as pre-emptors. The land agent, upon the evidence produced before him by the parties, gave the certificate of entry to Adams. Marlow filed a bill in the Prarie circuit court to cancel the certificate of entry, etc., and upon the pleadings and evidence the court refused to cancel the certificate of Adams, but decreed that he should pay to Marlow $100 for improvements he had made upon the land; and both parties…