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''Craig et. al. v. Radford'', is a United States Supreme Court decision delivered by Justice Bushrod Washington on . The dispute rose from a suit in chancery to establish clear title to land which had been granted first to one party in 1774 and then again, in parts, to other parties in 1780. Radford won the suit in the Kentucky Circuit Court but Craig et al. appealed before the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court decree. The arguments before the Supreme Court were delivered on an unspecified date during the 1817 term. The attorneys appearing for the appellant Craig et. al. were Mr. M.D. Hardin and Mr. Talbot. The attorney for the respondent John Radford was Mr. B. Hardin. == Background == Governor of the Colony of Virginia John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (also known as Lord Dunmore), issued a land warrant to William Sutherland on per the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Sutherland received 1,000 acres of land located on the south side of the Ohio River about 30 miles below the mouth of the Scioto River. At that time the land was within Fincastle County, Virginia. A few months later, Hancock Taylor, a deputy surveyor for the county, began surveying the land with aide A. Hemptonstrall serving as his marker and chain carrier. Indians attacked and killed Taylor before he could complete the survey. Hemptonstrall recovered Taylor's field notes and returned them to the office of the principal surveyor William Preston on . Preston, with a number of his surveyors dead or missing, recorded the survey from the surviving field notes. In 1776, Fincastle County was divided and the property came under the jurisdiction of Kentucky County, Virginia. Upon the commencement of the American Revolutionary War, loyalist Sutherland abandoned his home in Virginia for Orkney in northern Scotland. Craig and the other parties in the suit were issued their treasury warrants in 1780 and redeemed them for acreage which included the Sutherland tract. Their claims were surveyed by 1785 and land patents were issued prior to . After admission to the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia issued title for the 1,000 acres to Sutherland .〔 William Radford (- ) had served as lieutenant with the Continental Marines, was captured and imprisoned in Forton Prison near Portsmouth, England during the war. Afterwards, he settled in Richmond, Virginia and purchased thousands of acres of land for speculation, mostly in what became the Commonwealth of Kentucky. On , Radford bought Sutherland's 1,000 acre deed for $3,000. Upon Radford's death four years later, his lands were divided among his six children. Son John Radford (- ) inherited the Sutherland tract and relocated his family near Maysville, Kentucky in 1808 to manage his properties. The Sutherland land dispute moved through the courts with John Radford winning at each level. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig v. Radford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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