Everything about Baker V Morton totally explained
Baker v. Morton,, was the first "serious" court case to come out of
Omaha,
Nebraska Territory, prior to statehood. In the trial a
claim jumper fought against local
land barons to stake out a
homestead in the area that was to become the city of Omaha. The case was important for establishing homesteaders rights and ensuring the future growth of Omaha would benefit everyone, not only wealthy landowners.
Details
The case of
Alexander H. Baker vs William S. Morton was a case of an ill-gotten land claim. Baker was an early settler in the
Omaha area who lived on 160 acres of land in an area of town then known as
Orchard Hill. The area now in
North Omaha.
An adjoining 160 acre plot of land was owned by a man named Brown. The
Omaha Claim Club didn't recognize the men as legal residents for either of the plots and threatened the two men with death if they didn't turn over the titles to the land. In 1857 Baker filed suit against the Club, and soon after the courts of the Nebraska Territory decided against Baker. The case ended up in the
U.S. Supreme Court which decided that regardless of the situation, the property was obtained under duress and was to be reinstated to the rightful owners.
Legacy
Today this case is cited by legal experts as precedent in cases of
contractual holdup to establish the illegal nature of the Omaha Claim Club's activities and subsequent activities that reflect this form of
collusion.
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