CAMPBELL ET AL. v. DOE


54 U.S. 244 (____)

13 How. 244

JOHN CAMPBELL, WILLIAM ELLISON, GEORGE STEECE, AND HIRAM CAMPBELL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN DOE, ex dem. THE TRUSTEES AND TREASURER OF ORIGINAL SURVEYED TOWNSHIP, NO. 1, IN RANGE NO. 19, &c.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Marsh, for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Vinton, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action of ejectment is here on a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Ohio, under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The plaintiffs in error claim title to a quarter section of land under an entry made with the Register of the Land-Office; the defendants claim the same as reserved for school purposes. As both parties claim under an act of Congress, either, is...

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