Mayor of New Orleans v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In that court, the United States filed a petition, stating, that the mayor of the city of New Orleans, in pursuance of an ordinance of the city council, had advertised for sale, certain lots therein described ; that by virtue of the treaty of cession, all vacant lots belonged to the United States ; that those lots were vacant; that the city of New Orleans had never received any grant for them, “ unless in-…
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Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In that court, the United States filed a petition, stating, that the mayor of the city of New Orleans, in pursuance of an ordinance of the city council, had advertised for sale, certain lots therein described ; that by virtue of the treaty of cession, all vacant lots belonged to the United States ; that those lots were vacant; that the city of New Orleans had never received any grant for them, “ unless in- virtue of the 3d section of the act of congress of the 3d of March ISO'T, entitled ‘ an act respecting claims to land…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court,
upon the principles laid down in Conn v. Penn, 3 Wheat. 424, ordered the decree to be reversed.
In the case of Conn v. Penn the court held, that in appeals from the circuit courts, in chancery cases, the parol testimony which is heard at the trial in the circuit court, ought to appear in the record.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Atlanta.— FoussatSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mayor, &C. of New Orleans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1831