Betser v. Rankin

The bill in chancery, in this case, sets up that the United States, on March 24, 1854. owned the south-west quarter of section one, in township twenty-two north, of range six east, in McLean county, in this State ; that it was subject to entry at the land office in Danville, in this State.; that Daniel Wormeldorff entered the same on that day, paid $200 for it, and received the receiver’s receipt therefor, whereby he became, in equitv, the owner, and was entitled to a patent; that afterward, January 9, 1858, the land was by mistake conveyed by the United States to the State of Illinois, as…