Chouteau v. Molony
Supreme Court of the United States
This case'was brought up by writ of error, from the District Court of . the United States for the District of Iowa. if was an .action brought by petition, in the nature of an ejectment, by Chouteau, a citizen of Missouri, to recover seven undivided eighteenth parts of a large body of land, containing ■nearly one hundred and--.fifty thousand arpents; and including the whole city of Dubuque. - -Molony claimed under a patent .from the United States.
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This case'was brought up by writ of error, from the District Court of . the United States for the District of Iowa. if was an .action brought by petition, in the nature of an ejectment, by Chouteau, a citizen of Missouri, to recover seven undivided eighteenth parts of a large body of land, containing ■nearly one hundred and--.fifty thousand arpents; and including the whole city of Dubuque. - -Molony claimed under a patent .from the United States. The documents upon which Chouteau’s claim wás founded are set forth m extenso in the opinion of the •court; and as that opinion refers to Mr.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
It is neeessarv to make a statement of the facts of the case from the pleadings, in order that the opinion which we shall give may be fully understood.
It is a suit' for the recovery of land, but not according to the form of the proceedings in ejectment. It. is a petition according to the course of pleading allowed in the courts of Iowa, (which has been adopted by the District Court of the United States,) setting forth in detail the facts upon which the petitioner claims the ownership of the land.
The petitioner, Henry Chouteau, states that he is the owner of several tracts of land, and that…
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