Swamp Lands
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Swamp and overflowed lands, within the act of congress of Sept. 28, 1850, granting such lands to the states, are such as are, by periodical overflow at seasons of sowing and harvesting, rendered unfit for the cultivation of the staple crops. The fact that some of such crops may be raised at some seasons does not exclude a tract of land from the description; the question is, whether the staple crops may usually be successfully cultivated.
Thompson v. Thornton, 50 Cal. 142.