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Agreement in Harris v. Shaw et al, [Law papers].

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Agreement in Harris v. Shaw et al, [Law papers].

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Summary: In 1835, Harris donated twenty acres of land in Tremont, Illinois, to Tazewell County for the erection of the county courthouse. In 1849, the legislature authorized the removal of the county seat to Pekin, Illinois, and specified that the Tremont courthouse be used for education. Harris retained Lincoln and sued to recover the property from the school trustees, but the circuit court ruled for the trustees. Harris appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court, and Lincoln argued that the land had been given on the condition that it be used as the county seat. The supreme court rejected Lincoln's argument and affirmed the judgment. Justice Trumbull ruled that Harris had given the land unconditionally, but had "the land been granted upon condition that it should be used for a particular purpose, it would unquestionably have reverted to the donor when it ceased to be thus used."

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01/01/1851
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Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
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