Register v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““This court knows judicially, moreover, that before the adoption of the Revised Statutes nearly or quite all of the lands of the state of much value for farming purposes had been appropriated, and that the chief value of the residue consisted in the timber and minerals they contained; and it is not certain that the prohibition contended for might not operate to prevent their appropriation for those purposes, and tend to deprive the commonwealth of the revenue which they would yield in the hands of private owners.” 72 Ky. 105 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lockard v. Asher Lumber Co.