Hardin v. Shedd
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. I. ■ The case involves a question of title under patents from the United States for public lands in Illinois. One of such patents was- to John Holbrook.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. I. ■ The case involves a question of title under patents from the United States for public lands in Illinois. One of such patents was- to John Holbrook. It was dated May 20, 1841, and was based upon an entry by Mr. Holbrook at the land office in Chicago,-December 24, 1838. The other patent was to William B. Egan, and dated August 1, 1853. Thi’ee of the tracts described in the patent to Holbrook bordered, on a lake. The patent to Egan was also for a tract that bordered on the lake. . The two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a proceeding under the Burnt Becords Act of the State of Illinois, by which the defendant in error, Shedd, seeks to establish his record"'title_to certain land adjoining and under a non-navigable lake called Wolf Lake, lying partly in Illinois and part-ly in Indiana. The plaintiff in error, Hardin, also owns land adjoining the same lake, by succession to a title under patents from the United States, and under these patents makes claims to land now or originally under the lake, which conflict with the claim of Shedd and with'the decree of the. court. ' The other plaintiff in error is a…
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