Simmons v. Wagner
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Simmons, the plaintiff in error, against Wagner, the defendant, to recover the possession of the N. E. fr. \ sec. 19, T. 4, N. K. 9 W. of the third principal meridian, Illinois. Simmons claimed title under a patent from the United States, dated April 25, 1871, granting him the lands as the assignee of one Mecke, who entered them at the land-office Jan. 25, 1871. Wagner claimed through a purchase made under the old credit system, April 17, 1816, by one John Lewis, and a paper bearing date July…
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