Redfield v. Parks
Citations
- 132 U.S. 239
- 10 S. Ct. 83
- 33 L. Ed. 327
- 1889 U.S. LEXIS 1869
Syllabus
<p>In the courts of the United .States an action of ejectment is an action at law, and the plaintiff must recover on the legal title.</p> <p>While the title to public land is still in the United States, no adverse possession of it can, under a state statute of limitations, confer a title which will prevail in an-action of ejectment in the courts of the United States, against the legal title under a patent from the United States.</p> <p>A deed of land sold for non-payment of taxes, which recites that the sale was made on a day which was not the day authorized by law, is void on its face, and is hot admissible in evidence to support an adverse possession under a statute of limitations.</p>
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- “In the courts of the United States where the distinction between actions at law and suits in equity has always been maintained, the action of ejectment is an action at law ....”
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Judges: Miller
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