Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 14. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1853 |
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... land , containing about five acres , lying in the western part of the city of Cincinnati . The plaintiff claimed title , un- der a sale for State taxes , for the years 1837 and 1838 , made by the Auditor of Hamilton county , to Charles ...
... land , containing about five acres , lying in the western part of the city of Cincinnati . The plaintiff claimed title , un- der a sale for State taxes , for the years 1837 and 1838 , made by the Auditor of Hamilton county , to Charles ...
Page 82
... land , and to occupy it for a year , half year , or such like , this is a lease and shall be so pleaded . " A confirmation of a title by act of Congress , ( which was the least effect to be given to the acts of 1771 and 1804 , ) not ...
... land , and to occupy it for a year , half year , or such like , this is a lease and shall be so pleaded . " A confirmation of a title by act of Congress , ( which was the least effect to be given to the acts of 1771 and 1804 , ) not ...
Page 85
... land with Bird's Island , and extending from the head of it into the main channel of the river , and perhaps one other dam on the Pennsylvania side , were erected by the owners of the fast land , prior to 1771 , with- out any authority ...
... land with Bird's Island , and extending from the head of it into the main channel of the river , and perhaps one other dam on the Pennsylvania side , were erected by the owners of the fast land , prior to 1771 , with- out any authority ...
Page 106
... land of Cooleen , in said county of Westmeath , which land a man named William Stones had lately been dispossessed of , and about which he had frequently threatened me , and told me a few days since that I might sow it , but that I ...
... land of Cooleen , in said county of Westmeath , which land a man named William Stones had lately been dispossessed of , and about which he had frequently threatened me , and told me a few days since that I might sow it , but that I ...
Page 107
... land ? I said not ; that it was the other side of the ditch . He then asked me , was I warned to have nothing to do with it , ( Stones ' land , ) and I said not , except what I heard from Stones . He then said he came to warn me , and ...
... land ? I said not ; that it was the other side of the ditch . He then asked me , was I warned to have nothing to do with it , ( Stones ' land , ) and I said not , except what I heard from Stones . He then said he came to warn me , and ...
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