[DOWNLOAD] "Wilson v. Speed" by United States Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wilson v. Speed
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1806
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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ERROR to the district court of Kentucky, on a judgment which dismissed the caveat of Wilson against Speed. The caveat was in these words: 'Let no grant issue to James Speed, a citizen of the state of Kentucky, for 139 acres of land, said to be surveyed upon an entry of 200 acres, by virtue of a treasury-warrant, number 13,800, the 24th of November, 1782, and the survey dated the 10th day of November, 1797, because John Wilson, a citizen of the state of Virginia, claims the same; part by virtue of a survey made on his settlement-right, the 20th day of January, 1786, and part by virtue of a survey made on the entry of his preemption-warrant, on the 20th day of January, 1786, for Andrew Cowan, and assigned by him to William Dryden, for his use; which claims are of a superior nature to the said Speed's. April 22d, 1799.' (Signed) 'JOHN WILSON.' The facts appearing upon the record, so far as they are pertinent to the questions before this court, were as follows: