The United States v. Moses E. Levy
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. Moses E. Levy, á citizen, of the United States; presented a petition to the judge , of the .Superior Court of East Florida, on the 18th day of May, 1829, claiming title to a tract of land containing .four-: teen thousand five hundred' acres, situated in East Florida, being part,of thirty thousand acres-originally conceded to Fernando de la Maza Arredondo, in full property, by Governor Don Jose Coppinger, on the 14th day of…
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. Moses E. Levy, á citizen, of the United States; presented a petition to the judge , of the .Superior Court of East Florida, on the 18th day of May, 1829, claiming title to a tract of land containing .four-: teen thousand five hundred' acres, situated in East Florida, being part,of thirty thousand acres-originally conceded to Fernando de la Maza Arredondo, in full property, by Governor Don Jose Coppinger, on the 14th day of .March, 1817, in consideration of services-rendered by him to the government and offiq,ers of Spain.; which fourteen…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wavne
This-is an appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida.
■The appellee., after alleging that hei claims title to a certain tract or parcel of land, containing fourteen thousand five hundfed acres, situated in East Florida, being a.part of a large body consisting of thirty thousand acres, originally granted in.full and absolute property, on the ,24th day of March, 1817, to Fernando de la .Maza Arredondo; — that he. had pxtrchased the same after the said, fourteen thousand five hundred acres were located and surveyed; he further alleges, that a considerable portion of the land bought by him,…
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