HARDIN v. SHEDD

No. 56.

190 U.S. 508 (1903)

HARDIN v. SHEDD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Dent for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Harry S. Mecartney for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a proceeding under the Burnt Records Act of the State of Illinois, by which the defendant in error, Shedd, seeks to establish his record title to certain land adjoining and under a non-navigable lake called Wolf Lake, lying partly in Illinois and partly in Indiana. The plaintiff in error, Hardin, also owns land adjoining the same lake, by succession to a title...

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