 | United States. Supreme Court - 1823 - 756 sider
...express it. If the discovery be made, and possession of the country be taken, under the1 authority of an existing government, which is acknowledged by the emigrants, it is supposed to be equally well gettied, that the discovery is made for the. 'Whole nation, -that the country becomes a part' of the... | |
 | United States - 1845 - 816 sider
...by the emigrants, the discovery is made for the whole nation ; and the country becomes a part of the nation, and the vacant soil is to be disposed of by...the constitutional power to dispose of the national domain. Ibid. The decision of the register and receiver of a land-office, in the absence of fraud,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1847 - 492 sider
...discoverers, proceed to say, that " If the discovery be made and possession taken under the authority of an existing government which is acknowledged by the emigrants,...the constitutional power to dispose of the national dominions ; by that organ, in which all territory is vested by law. According to the theory of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 696 sider
...discoverers, proceed to say that : " If the discovery be made and possession taken under the authority of an existing government which is acknowledged by the emigrants,...government which has the constitutional power to dispose of th6 [ * 410 ] * national dominions ; by that organ, in which all territory is vested by law. According... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 700 sider
...discoverers, proceed to say that: " If the discovery be made and possession taken under the authority of an existing government which is acknowledged by the emigrants,...which has the constitutional power to dispose of the [ * 410 ] * national dominions ; by that organ, in which all territory is vested by law. According... | |
 | 1889 - 948 sider
...of a discovery of an uninhahited country by persons who acknowledge some existing'government, says: "The discovery is made for the benefit of the whole...the constitutional power to dispose of the national dominions." And in Martin v. Waddett, 16 Pet. 409, Mr. Chief Justice TANEY cites this language, and... | |
 | 1889 - 1878 sider
...government, says: "The discovery is made for the benefit of the whole nut ion; and the vacant soil is to lie disposed of by that organ of the government which...the constitutional power to dispose of the national dominions." And in Martin v. Waddell, 16 Pet. 409, Mr. Chief Justice TANEY cites this language, and... | |
 | 1890 - 1166 sider
...said: "If the discovery be made, and possession of the country be taken, under the authority of an existing government, which is acknowledged by the...equally well settled that the discovery is made for the wholenation, * * * and that the vacant soil is to be disposed of by that organ of the government which... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1904 - 362 sider
...existing government, which is acknowledged by the emigrants, it is sup262 Johnson v. Mclntosh. posed to be equally well settled, that the discovery is made for the whole nation, that the country becomes a part of the nation, and that the vacant soil is to be disposed... | |
 | John Marshall - 1905 - 484 sider
...express it. If the discovery be made, and possession of the country be taken, under the authority of an existing government, which is acknowledged by the...equally well settled that the discovery is made for the whole nation, that the country becomes a part of the nation, and that the vacant soil is to be disposed... | |
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If the discovery be made, and possession of the country be taken, under the authority of an existing government, which is acknowledged by the emigrants, it is supposed to be equally well settled, that the discovery is made for the whole nation... 
