CREWS ET AL. v. BURCHAM ET AL., 66 U.S. 352 (1861)

CREWS ET AL. vs. BURCHAM ET AL. DECEMBER TERM, 1861. 1. Where a treaty with an Indian tribe reserves a certain quantity of land, to be afterwards selected by the President, and patented to an individual of the tribe, such reservation creates an equitable estate in the reservee to the land reserved, which he may […]

Read More

66 U.S. 352

66 U.S. 352 66 U.S. 352 1 Black 352 17 L.Ed. 91 CREWS ET AL.v.BURCHAM ET AL. December Term, 1861 Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. By the treaty of 1832, the Pottawatomie Indians ceded to the United States all their lands in Illinois, Indiana, and […]

Read More