Doe v. Braden
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up, by writ of error,' from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida.
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This case came up, by writ of error,' from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. It was an ejectment brought by the lessee of Clark and the other plaintiffs in error-.against Braden, to recover all that tract or parcel of land in' Florida, which is described as follpAVS, namely: Beginning at the mouth of the river heretofore called or known as the Amanina, where it enters the sea, to wit, at the point of the twenty-eighth degree and twénty-ñfth minute of north latitude, and running along- the right bank of that river to its head spring or main fountain…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This controversy has arisen out of the treaty with Spain by which Florida was ceded to the United States.
The suit is brought by the plaintiff in . error against the defendant to recover certain lands in the State of Florida. It is an action of ejectment. And the plaintiff claims title under a grant from the King of Spain to the Duke of Alagon. This' is the foundation of his title. And if this grant is null and void by the laws of the United States, the action cannot be maintained. '
The treaty in question was negotiated at Washington, by Mr. Adams, then. Secretary of State, and Don Louis De…
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