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“However extravagant the pretension of converting the discovery of inhabited country into conquest may appear, if the principle has been asserted in the first instance, and afterwards sustained; if a country has acquired and held under it; if the property of the great mass of the community originates in it, it becomes the law of the land, and cannot be questioned. OVERTURN JOHNSON v MCINTOSH http://doctrineofdiscovery.org/law #landback “#However #extravagant #the #pretension #of #converting #the #discovery #of #inhabited #country #into #conquest #may #appear, #if #the #principle #has #been #asserted #in #the #first #instance, #and #afterwards #sustained; #if #a #country #has #acquired #and #held #under #it; #if #the #property #of #the #great #mass #of #the #community #originates #in #it, #it #becomes #the #law #of #the #land, #and #cannot #be #questioned. #OVERTURN #JOHNSONvMCINTOSH #scotus

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