Hardin v. Ho-yo-po-nubby's Lessee
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Pontotoc county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. The facts of this case will be found in the opinion of the court, and in the case of Wray v. Doe, 10 S. & M. 452, where many of.the same questions were raised by counsel, and decided by this court. The first bill of exceptions taken in this causé discloses a fatal error in the proceedings therein in the circuit court.
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In error from the circuit court of Pontotoc county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. The facts of this case will be found in the opinion of the court, and in the case of Wray v. Doe, 10 S. & M. 452, where many of.the same questions were raised by counsel, and decided by this court. The first bill of exceptions taken in this causé discloses a fatal error in the proceedings therein in the circuit court. For the causes set forth in the affidavit of the agent of the defendant in the court below, the court properly granted a rule upon the attorneys of the plaintiff to produce the authority under which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
This action was brought by the defendant in error, a Chickasaw Indian, for a tract of land claimed by him in virtue of a location made in his behalf as a reservee, under the sixth article of the treaty of the 24th of May, 1834, made between the United States and the tribe of Indians of which he was a member. The plaintiff in error claimed title to the land under a patent from the government, obtained subsequently to the location, as claimed by the Indian, so that the merits of the case depend mainly upon the question whether the location so conforms .to the provisions of the treaty as to vest…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rankin v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
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