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HEDRICK v. HUGHES

82 U.S. 123 (1872)

15 Wall. 123

HEDRICK v. HUGHES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Montgomery Blair and F.A. Dick, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. T.T. Gantt, contra.

Mr. Justice BRADLEY stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error to recover a certain quarter section of land in Howard County, Missouri. The plaintiff claimed the land under a patent of the United States, granted to one Widdicombe, June 1st, 1868, upon a scrip certificate issued to the State of Kentucky, under the act of July 2d, 1862, donating lands to the several States for the support...

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