Pennoyer v. McConnaughy
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EKOM THE CIKCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE OREGON^ This was a suit in equity by the appellee, a citizen of California, against the appellants, who, under the constitution of Oregon, as governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of state, comprised the board of land commissioners of that State, to restrain and enjoin them from selling and conveying a large amount of land in that State, to which the apjlellee asserted title.
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APPEAL EKOM THE CIKCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE OREGON^ This was a suit in equity by the appellee, a citizen of California, against the appellants, who, under the constitution of Oregon, as governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of state, comprised the board of land commissioners of that State, to restrain and enjoin them from selling and conveying a large amount of land in that State, to which the apjlellee asserted title. The lands are a portion of those granted to Oregon under the swamp land act of March 12, 1860, 12 Stat. 3, and are claimed by the appellee to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
• The contention of the complainant below was, that the act of 1887, under which the defendants below assumed to act, in 'the matter of the cancellation of his certificates of sale, was ■ ‘in violation of section 10, article I, of the Constitution of the • ¡United States, in that it impaired the obligation of the contract made between Owen and the State for the sale of the lands; that the defendants were, therefore, acting in the premises without authority of. law; and that, for those reasons, it :could not be asserted that the suit was' against the State. ‘The defendants, on the other hand,…
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