Morrison Waite,
Doe State of Alabama v. Larmore…
“ The claim of the plaintiff is that, as the lands in question were not fully earned when the sale was made under which Larmore holds title, and the road was not completed within the 10 years fixed by the act of 1856, these lands, as well as those not sold at the end of the 10 years, reverted at the end of that time of the United States, and passed again to the state under the act of 1869, which is to be construed as a new grant. ”
