Johnson and Graham’s Lessee

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Johnson and Graham’s Lessee is the named party representing private land claimants in the landmark 1823 U.S. Supreme Court case Johnson v. M’Intosh, which established key principles of American property and Native land rights law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf litigant
named party in a court case
associatedDoctrine aboriginal title
doctrine of discovery
federal supremacy over Indian land transactions
caseCitation 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543
caseName Johnson v. M’Intosh NERFINISHED
caseYear 1823
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Marshall Court NERFINISHED
historicalContext post‑Revolutionary War land speculation in the United States
involvedInIssue American property law
Native American land rights
title to land acquired from Native Americans
jurisdiction United States Supreme Court NERFINISHED
languageOfProceedings English
legalSignificance helped establish that private individuals could not purchase lands directly from Native Americans
involved in a landmark decision on the nature of Native American land rights
legalSystem United States law NERFINISHED
opposingParty M’Intosh NERFINISHED
partyType plaintiff
represented private land claimants
representedInterest private purchasers claiming title under pre‑existing land grants
roleIn Johnson v. M’Intosh NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 19th century

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Johnson v. M’Intosh party Johnson and Graham’s Lessee