MORRILL v. CONE ET AL.


63 U.S. 75 (1859)

22 How. 75

ELISHA MORRILL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CONE AND CARLOS J. CONE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on printed argument by Mr. Williams for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Browning for the defendant.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought for the recovery of a parcel of land lying in the tract appropriated for military bounties in Illinois, and granted by the United States in 1818 to Benjamin Abbott, a private in their army in the war of 1812, as bounty. The title of the plaintiff consisted of a certified copy of the patent to Abbott, and a quit-claim deed of Abbott to him, dated...

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