State ex rel. Township Forty-Four v. Dent
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. . 1. The title of the plaintiff to all those parts of section 16, township 44, not disposed of by the government before March 6, 1820, was perfect by the act of congress of that date, and the ordinance of the-Missouri cenvention, dated July 19, 1820, and has uniformly so been considered by our legislature and so adjudged by this court. (See act of January 17,1831.) R. C. 1835, p. 562. 8 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. . 1. The title of the plaintiff to all those parts of section 16, township 44, not disposed of by the government before March 6, 1820, was perfect by the act of congress of that date, and the ordinance of the-Missouri cenvention, dated July 19, 1820, and has uniformly so been considered by our legislature and so adjudged by this court. (See act of January 17,1831.) R. C. 1835, p. 562. 8 Mo. Rep. 477. ib. 640. 3 ib. 310. 13 ib. 112. ib. 139. The title of the state being complete, it can only bo divested by the act or assent of the state itself. 2. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Ryland, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
1. The land sued for in this action, is a part of section No. 16, in township 44, of range 6 east, lying in the county of St. Louis, being the north-east and north-west fractional quarters of said section, containing about 227 acres of land. The balance of the section is covered by old Spanish grants, confirmed under acts of congress. The plaintiff claims the fractions of said sections as school lands, under the act of congress of March 6, 1820, by which the sixteenth section in each township in the state of Missouri is granted to the state for…
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