Read: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/44/212/
Pollard's Lessee v. Hagan is an 1845 US Supreme Court case.
For some reason, I am suddenly fascinated with the ownership of land in Mobile Alabama that was below the usual high water mark. This case is interesting because it is very confusing from a factual perspective and also the issue isn't clear. And it seems that it overturned two previous cases that were very similar. The dissent may have gotten this right. I don't have time to brief this but it would be interesting to do so.
Here is a link to a YouTube video about the case that is also not very enlightening, and talks more about the Equal Footing doctrine (which I don't care about):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QpqDa24OXo
I want to know why the Plaintiff, who had a land patent from the US government, lost.
So mark this up for somebody to research when they have time.
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