Lytle v. State of Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. It was a chancery case, but correctly brought up by writ of error. See preceding case of Verden v. Coleman.
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. It was a chancery case, but correctly brought up by writ of error. See preceding case of Verden v. Coleman. It w^ts before this court at a preceding term, and is reported in 9 Howard, 314.x “It will be perceived, by referring to that case, that this court decided that the pre-emption .act. of 1830 conferred certain rights upon settlers upon public lands, upon proof of settlement or improvement, being made to the satis-. faction of the register and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The first question presented on the record is, whether this court has jurisdiction to examine and revise the decision of the Supreme Court of Arkansas by writ of error, under the 25th section of the judiciary act? The question arises on the following facts:
Nathan Cloyes, ancestor of the principal complainants, entered as an occupant, at a land office in Arkansas, a fractional quarter section of land, in 1834, under the pre-emption acts of 1830 and 1832. The fraction adjoined the village of Little Rock on its eastern side, and was for twenty-nine acres. The same land had been patented in 1833…
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