United States v. McMasters
Supreme Court of the United States
'This -was -a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and involved two questions: one, that of a private boundary to a tract of land, the other a ■question of the admission of testimony taken under a commission. 'The case was submitted on printed briefs of
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice hTELSdsT
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought, in the court below, by the United States to recover possession of a tract of land situate in the Parishiof.St. Bernard, about ten miles below the city of Uew ■Orleans, .on the east side of the River Mississippi, and between .that river and Lake Borgne..The .defendants set up two grounds of defence: 1. Tliat the tract of land in controversy had been granted to Madame LelCompte by the Spanish government, November 3d, 1784; .and, 2. That the grant was confirmed to E. and J. Phillipon by act of Congress, March. 3d,…
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