John Catron

“ But where the claim has no certain limits, and the judgment of confirmation carries along with it the condition that the land shall be surveyed, and severed from the public domain and the lands of others, then it is not open to controversy, that the title attaches to no land ”

“ On which side of Robert's land it is to, lie, we are not informed, further than that it is to lie along the river from north to south. The record shows, that if surveyed west of Robert's tract, the forty by forty arpens includes the River Des P eres; but, if surveyed east of Robert's land, it will not include the river. The uncertainty of outboundary in this instance is too manifest, in our opinion, to require discussion to show that a public survey is required to attach the concession to any land. ”