Hudson v. Milner
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Comity Court of Cherokee. Assumpsit by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the value of an improvement, or right to the entry of land, under an agreement of the following tenor: Ladiga, May 12, 1840. It is hereby agreed, between Robert Hudson, and William Milner, that if the foregoing note for one hundred dollars, dated 11th May, 1840, and payable one day after date, for which William Milner is to confess a judgment, at the…
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Appeal from the Comity Court of Cherokee. Assumpsit by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the value of an improvement, or right to the entry of land, under an agreement of the following tenor: Ladiga, May 12, 1840. It is hereby agreed, between Robert Hudson, and William Milner, that if the foregoing note for one hundred dollars, dated 11th May, 1840, and payable one day after date, for which William Milner is to confess a judgment, at the next county court for Benton county, Ala., is not paid, on or before the time the land office is opened, and the said…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
The act of Congress of 22d June, 1838, “ to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,” which merely continued in force other previous acts, having .the same object in view, contains the following clause : “Before any person claiming the benefit of this law shall have a patent for the land, which he may claim by having complied with its provisions, he shall make oath before some person .authorized by law to administer the same, which oath, with the certificate of the person administering it, shall be filed with the register of the proper land office, where the land is applied…
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