Burton's Lessee v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit Gourt of 'East Tennessee. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error, to recover the possession of- 5000 acres of land, lying in Maury county, in the state of Tennessee, and grC - argued, that the stats of North Carolina, upder the conditions of her afct of 1789, eh. 2. for ceding the western lands to the United states, had a right to perfect grants on all such entries ás this,,at any time after the cession, and not merely within…
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Error to the circuit Gourt of 'East Tennessee. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error, to recover the possession of- 5000 acres of land, lying in Maury county, in the state of Tennessee, and grC - argued, that the stats of North Carolina, upder the conditions of her afct of 1789, eh. 2. for ceding the western lands to the United states, had a right to perfect grants on all such entries ás this,,at any time after the cession, and not merely within the time which was limited by thither* existing laws of North Carolina; the conditions of. the cession being recited and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
deli-ered the opinion of court; This case originates in a collision of interest and opinion, between the.stat.es of North Carolina .and Tennessee, and the United Slates,.relative to théir respective rights, in certain instances, to perfect titles to the soil of Tennessee. North Carolina, in the year 1812, issued the grant-set'up on the trial, in behalf of the plaintiff. .Both Tennessee and the United States contend, that North. Carolina has relinquished the right tb issue- such a grant. And North Carolina replies, that her cession was conditional, and that the conditi on has .been violated,…
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