United States v. John W. Low
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The heirs of John Low claimed sixteen thousand acres of land in. East Florida, under a grant by'Governor. Coppinger, founded •on a petition alleged to have been presented by- their ancestor, dated 20th March, 1816, and a decree of.
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ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The heirs of John Low claimed sixteen thousand acres of land in. East Florida, under a grant by'Governor. Coppinger, founded •on a petition alleged to have been presented by- their ancestor, dated 20th March, 1816, and a decree of. Governor Coppinger thereon, dated April 6th, 1816. '¡¡he petition states, that, “bounding with the petitioner’s land, on Bell river, there was a creek known by the name of Doctor’s Branch, which was suitable for the establishment of a water saw-mill, and, as he could construct, and was desirous of constructing…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This was a mill grant of five miles square of land, or sixteeri thousand acres: that is, at Doctor’s Branch, where the mill was intended to be erected, six thousand acres; and ten thousand acres “on the north-west' side' of the head or lagoon of Indian river.”
The concession was made (6th of April, 1816,) on the condition that the mill was built. The mill was erected.
The first survey was made at Doctor’s Branch, in 1819, and is free from objection.. The second, for ten thousand acres, was made February, 1820, by the surveyor-general of East Florida, “ north-westwardly of the head of Indian…
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