Callaway v. Fash

In bringing his action for the recovery of real estate, the plaintiff relied, first, upon a United States patent for military .bounty issued June 12, 1819, to John Nichols, a private. When offered iu evidence the patent was objected to because it was not shown to have been recorded in the land department, nor was the usual memorandum of the fact of record legible. The United States *421statute requires that all patents for lands shall be recorded before they are issued; but, when issued, they must be received as evidence of title, without showing such record.

The usual memorandum is no part of the…