actual settler
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 26 U.S. 94 - Philip Hickie v. Alexander B. Starke · 1828Most cited · 6 citing opinions
In Henderson vs. Poindexter, 12 Wheat. 530, the term 'actual settler,' seems to have been understood as synonymous with the resident of the country. That case, however, did not require that the precise meaning of the term should be fixed, and the Court is disposed to think, that a settlement made on the land by another person, who cultivated it for the proprietor, would be sufficient; though the proprietor should not reside in person on the estate, or within the territory.
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