# Mills v. Brown

> Illinois Supreme Court · December 15, 1840 · 3 Ill. 548

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## Case

- **Full name:** Adam L. Mills, John H. Gay, Charles Mullikin, John O'Fallon, William C. Wiggins, Andrew Christy, Melanie Christy, Joseph A. Christy, Elizabeth Christy, Mary F. Christy, (which Melanie is the widow, and which Joseph A., Elizabeth, and Mary F. are the only children and heirs of Samuel C. Christy, deceased,) said children being infants, and appearing by said Melanie, their next friend, Emily Pratte, widow of Bernard Pratte, Emilie, his daughter, wife of Ramsey Crooks, Ramsey Crooks, Bernard Pratte, son of said Bernard, Louis Piggot and Therese, his wife, which Therese is also a daughter of said Bernard Pratte, Stephen F. Niedlet and Celeste, his wife, she being also a daughter of said Bernard Pratte, Louis V. Bogy, and Pelagie, his wife, who is also a daughter of said Bernard, and Joseph Blair and Diana, his wife, which Diana is a daughter of said Bernard v. William G. Brown, John D. Hughes, James Anderson, William Penn, Charles Sargent, and the County of St. Clair
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 15, 1840
- **Citations:** 3 Ill. 548
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wilsonlockwoodbrowne
- **Judges:** Browne, Lockwood, Smith, Wilson
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Wilson, Chief Justice, Lockwood and Browne, Justices: We concur in the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court must be affirmed, on the ground that the bill does not set out with clearness and certainty, that Samuel Wiggins owned any land on the waters of the Mississippi river, near the town of Illinois, on the 2d of March, 1819, or within eighteen months thereafter, on which the grant of the legislature could operate ; and because it does not appear, with certainty, that Samuel Wiggins owned any land on the Mississippi river, on the 6th of February, 1821, to which the ferry, before that time established by said Wiggins, could be removed, in pursuance of the act passed on the 6th of Fébruary, 1821.
Decree affirmed.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22d, 184], THE NEW JUDGES TOOK THEIR SEATS UPON THE BENCH.
PRESENT .'
Hon. William Wilson, Chief Justice.
Hon. Samuel D. Lockwood, Associate Justice.
Hon. Theophilus W. Smith, Associate Justice.
Hon. Thomas C. Browne, Associate Justice.
Hon. Sidney Breese, Associate Justice.
Hon. Thomas Ford, Associate Justice.
Hon. Walter B. Sc ates, Associate Justice.
Hon. Samuel H. Treat, Associate Justice. (1)
The Hon. Stephen A. Douglass did not take his seat upon the bench until the last day of the term.

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