Mills v. Smith

75 U.S. 27

19 L.Ed. 346

8 Wall. 27

MILLS

v.

SMITH.

December Term, 1868

ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois: the case was this:

In 1818, the United States issued to one Parmely, a soldier of the war of 1812, and then residing in Connecticut, a patent for a tract of land in Illinois. In 1837, he sold the land to Edwin Lacy, and receiving payment in full for it, executed and delivered to Lacy, at the time, a regular deed. This deed, however, was never recorded, and at Lacy's death, in 1848, his family had no information respecting the deed, or the location of the land. Lacy…