Cragin v. Powell
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.' This was a, proceeding under a local statute of Louisiana for- the purpose of ascertaining the boundary line between coterminous proprietors. The case is stated in the opinion of the court..
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The appellees, Christian L. Powell, Joseph O. Ayo, and Ludger Gaidry, on the 1st of November, 1880, brought an action of -boundary in the state court against the appellant, George D. Cragin, praying for a judgment of the court to fix the boundaries between certain- lands, the ■ property of appellees, and the contiguous lands belonging to appellant, and that he be ordered to deliver to appellees possession of the lands claimed and set forth in their petition.
On the 12th of July, 1880, -the cause was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States, on the ground of diverse citizenship.
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