Hunt v. Palao
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a motion made to ormg up the- record in the above case, which had been decided by the Territorial Court of Appeals of Florida previously to the admission of Florida as a State.
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This was a motion made to ormg up the- record in the above case, which had been decided by the Territorial Court of Appeals of Florida previously to the admission of Florida as a State. The motion was as follows : — in behalf of John Huntr submitted to the court a certified copy of the record of the opinion of said Court of Appeals, and of said judgment in said case, and suggested to the court that said Court of Appeals was defunct by the admission of the Territory of Florida as a State, on the 4th of March last, and that all the records and papers of said Court of Appeals, and the record…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice .TANEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
A motion has been made for process from this court to bring here for revision the record and proceedings of the late Territorial Court of Appeals of Florida, in the case of Hunt v. The Lessee of M. & S. Palao, in, which judgment was rendered in favor of the latter, at February term, 1844.
Since Florida ceased to be a Territory and became a State, a law has been passed by the State, directing the records and papers-of the above-mentioned Territorial Court to be placed in the custody of the clerk of the Supreme Court- of the State ; and…
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