Culver v. Uthe

Citations

• 133 U.S. 655
• 10 S. Ct. 415
• 33 L. Ed. 776
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1939

Syllabus

<p>Swamp lands located on a military land warrant prior to the passage of the swamp land act of September 28, 1850, but patented-to the locator subsequently to the passage of that act, were not included in the lands granted by it to the several States.</p> <p>Section 891 of the Revised Statutes • authorizes certified copies of records of the land office at Washington, concerning the location of land warrants, to be introduced in evidence.</p> <p>The delivery of his warrant by the holder of a land warrant to the próper officers of the government, with direction that it be located on a designated tract of public land, constituted a sale of that tract within the-meaning of the act of September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 519., c. 84, granting the , swamp lands to the.States.</p>