Garcia v. Lee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. In the district court of Louisiaha, the- plaintiff in error, a resident in Cuba,.on the 26th January, 1836, filed.a petition, stating that on' the 1st of.
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ERROR to the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. In the district court of Louisiaha, the- plaintiff in error, a resident in Cuba,.on the 26th January, 1836, filed.a petition, stating that on' the 1st of. September, 1806, he. purchased of the Spanish government, for a valuable-consideration, and was'put into possession of the game, fifteen thousand arpentá of' land, divided into three tracts or parcels, having such marks and bounds as are laid down in' the paginal plots and surveys annexed to the deed of sale by Juan VenturaMorales, then intendarit of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mi*. Chief,. Justice.Taney'
delivered the opinion of the Court:
In this case, the appellant .claims ten thousand arpents. of land, being part of a grant for fifteen thousand arpents; which he alleges, in his petition, were granted to him by the Spanish authorities in 1806/ The land-is situated in the staté of Louisiana, and in the territory lying north .of the Iberville, and between the Perdido-and the Mississippi; which was so long a subject of controversy between the United States and Spain; and which was finally settled by the1 cession pf ,the Floridas to the United-States, by the treaty of…
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