Ivey v. Blum

Prior to 1843 the statute of 1802 was the only statute barring an entry into lands, or limiting actions for their recovery; with the exception of a special statute, enacted in 1816, and applicable only to claims to lands which originated under the Spanish or French governments while they had dominion over a part of the State, and which were subject to confirmation and adjustment by Congress. Clay’s Dig. 328, § 87. The 7th section of the act of *1731802 was borrowed from the English statute, 21st Jac. I. c. 16, (to be found in Angelí on Limitations, 5th ed., App. 3,) and was not, in terms, a'…