Langdon v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. At law : in the nature of ejectment. The land was in Nebraska.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. At law : in the nature of ejectment. The land was in Nebraska. A,s to. one part of the tract the plaintiff relied upon the decrée of a court of competent jurisdiction for the conveyance of the land to his privy in estate, claiming that under the operation of § 429 of the Code of, Nebraska, set forth in the opinion of the. court, infra, the decree operated as a conveyance.' As to the remainder' he ielied upon a certificate of the register of the land office at Omaha, claiming that un4er the provision of § 411 of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe Milleb
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
The defendant in error brought in that court a suit in the nature of an action of ejectment to recover several tracts or parcels of land then in the possession of the plaintiffs in error. The case was first tried before a jury, and the verdict afterr wards set aside. By a written agreement of the parties, it was then submitted to the court without a jury. That court made a general finding in favor of the plaintiff, Sherwood, and certain special…
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