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EMIGRANT CO. v. COUNTY OF WRIGHT

97 U.S. 339 (____)

EMIGRANT COMPANY v. COUNTY OF WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.A. Harvey and Mr. C.C. Nourse for the appellant.

Mr. D.D. Chase, contra.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 28th of September, 1850, Congress passed an act (9 Stat. 519) granting all the swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, to the States in which they were situated. This grant was made to enable the states to reclaim those lands; and a proviso to the second section declares "that the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation...

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