MITCHEL v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida. In the Supreme Court, at January term, 1835, 9 Peters,. 711, the case of Colin Mitchel, and others, appellants, against the United States, was argued and determined; on an appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida.
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ON appeal from the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida. In the Supreme Court, at January term, 1835, 9 Peters,. 711, the case of Colin Mitchel, and others, appellants, against the United States, was argued and determined; on an appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. It was. a claim to lands in East Florida, the title to which was derived from grants from the Creek and Seminole Indians, ratified by the authorities of Spain, before the Cession of Florida to the United States. The claim was confirmed by the Court, with the exception of so much of the tract conveyed between…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This case arises upon the mandate of this Court on the case of Colin Mitchel and others v. The United States, reported in 9 Peters, 711.
In that case, it will be seen, that the lands claimed by the plaintiffs were in different tracts, and that this Court, in confirming the title of the plaintiffs, excepted from one of them the fortress of St. Marks, and “ the territory directly and immediately adjacent and appurtenant thereto,” which were reserved for the United States. The Court further decreed, that the territory thus described, shall be that which was ceded by the Indian proprietors to the…
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