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· 5/28/1850

John Goodtitle v. Gaius Kibbe

Citations

  • 50 U.S. 471
  • 13 L. Ed. 220
  • 9 How. 471
  • 1850 U.S. LEXIS 1436

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  • holding in dicta that Congress would not have been able to grant or confirm a title to land when the sovereignty and dominion over it had become vested in the state

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