Baker v. Morton
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska ; the case was this: In the spring of 1857 there- existed, near Omaha, in-the then Territory of Nebraska, an organization known as the Omaha Claim Club. 'The object arid purpose of the club was to nullify the land laws of the United States, to the end that the members of the club, who were engaged in land speculations, might hold and control the public lands in the vicinity of Omaha to the exclusion of actual…
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Appeal from the. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska ; the case was this: In the spring of 1857 there- existed, near Omaha, in-the then Territory of Nebraska, an organization known as the Omaha Claim Club. 'The object arid purpose of the club was to nullify the land laws of the United States, to the end that the members of the club, who were engaged in land speculations, might hold and control the public lands in the vicinity of Omaha to the exclusion of actual settlers. The club numbered from 100 to 200 men. It made laws and promulgated decrees to suit its purposes;, and enforced…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Territorial courts are created by an act of Congress, and they usually possess jurisdiction of controversies of a civil nature, without regard to the inquiry whether the controversies, if they had- arisen in a State, would have been cognizable in the tribunals of the State or in the Federal courts. *
By the organic act creating.the Territory of Nebraska the judicial power of the Territory was vested in a Supreme Court and certain district courts, and the provision was that the jurisdiction of those courts should be as prescribed and limited by law. †
Whenever a Territory is admitted into the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ells v. TousleyNew York Court of Chancery · 1828
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