Lane v. Bommelmann
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error to recover possession of the east half of lot two in north half of claim 2209, survey 607, in St. Glair county, which by consent of parties was tried by the court, Breese, Judge, presiding, without a jury, at July term, 1854. The plaintiff claimed a fee in the premises.
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This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error to recover possession of the east half of lot two in north half of claim 2209, survey 607, in St. Glair county, which by consent of parties was tried by the court, Breese, Judge, presiding, without a jury, at July term, 1854. The plaintiff claimed a fee in the premises. Plaintiff introduced an exemplification of a patent from the U. S. to John Edgar and Authur St. Clair, Jr., dated 7th August, 1817, for said claim and survey, which was admitted pro forma. And then offered to produce in evidence, a judgment of the Circuit Court…
1Opinion of the CourtSoates, C. J.
A certified copy of the patent was admitted in evidence pro forma below, and is now objected to, on the ground that such copies are not embraced within the statutes of the State, or the United States, relating to copies of records as evidence. True it is not—-nor need there be any statute for that purpose, as it is admissible at common law. The power of the government for the disposition of the public lands, has its foundation in the constitution itself. All public acts of Congress for that purpose, and of public officers in their execution, who are required to make and keep public records of…
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