The Court held that: "A military right to unappropriated land in America, acquired under a royal proclamation of 1763, was made assignable by the law of Virginia, to an inhabitant of that State.
Obtaining a warrant and so locating it as to describe a particular parcel of land, gave to the assignee a complete equitable title, which was confirmed by the compact between Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A survey in Pennsylvania, and payment of the consideration, gave a legal right of entry, which supports an ejectment. This right remains legal, though it may have originally been held so from a defect of equitable powers, and though the courts of the United States now possess those powers."[2]
^Maeva Marcus, The documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 8:153.
^Curtis, Benjamin Robbins; Dallas, Alexander James; Cranch, William; Court, United States Supreme; Wheaton, Henry; Peters, Richard; Howard, Benjamin Chew (1870). Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States. Little, Brown.
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sims, lessee, irvine, sims, lessee, irvine, dall, 1799, early, united, states, supreme, court, case, about, conflicting, land, claims, general, william, irvine, been, granted, montour, island, pennsylvania, service, american, revolutionary, island, also, claim. Sims s Lessee v Irvine 3 U S 3 Dall 425 1799 is an early United States Supreme Court case about conflicting land claims General William Irvine had been granted Montour s Island by Pennsylvania for his service in the American Revolutionary War but the island was also claimed by Charles Simms of Virginia 1 The Court unanimously found in favor of Simms who had the earlier claim Sims Leffe v IrvineSupreme Court of the United StatesFull case nameSims s Lessee v IrvineCitations3 U S 425 more 3 Dall 425 1 L Ed 665 The Court held that A military right to unappropriated land in America acquired under a royal proclamation of 1763 was made assignable by the law of Virginia to an inhabitant of that State Obtaining a warrant and so locating it as to describe a particular parcel of land gave to the assignee a complete equitable title which was confirmed by the compact between Pennsylvania and Virginia A survey in Pennsylvania and payment of the consideration gave a legal right of entry which supports an ejectment This right remains legal though it may have originally been held so from a defect of equitable powers and though the courts of the United States now possess those powers 2 See also editList of United States Supreme Court cases volume 3References edit Maeva Marcus The documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 8 153 Curtis Benjamin Robbins Dallas Alexander James Cranch William Court United States Supreme Wheaton Henry Peters Richard Howard Benjamin Chew 1870 Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States Little Brown External links editText of Sims s Lessee v Irvine 3 U S 3 Dall 425 1799 is available from Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist nbsp This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sims 27 Lessee v Irvine amp oldid 1180872569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
