GLENN v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This Was an appeal from, the District Court of the United States for the State of Arkansas. Glenn and Thruston, the appellants, filed a, petition in the District Court of Arkansas, "on the 24th of January, 1846, in virtue of the act of 1824, as revived by the act of 1844, claiming confirmation of a concession of a large tract of country which liesN partly in Arkansas and partly in Missouri, consisting-of nearly half a million of acres of land and known as the Clamorgan…
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This Was an appeal from, the District Court of the United States for the State of Arkansas. Glenn and Thruston, the appellants, filed a, petition in the District Court of Arkansas, "on the 24th of January, 1846, in virtue of the act of 1824, as revived by the act of 1844, claiming confirmation of a concession of a large tract of country which liesN partly in Arkansas and partly in Missouri, consisting-of nearly half a million of acres of land and known as the Clamorgan grant. The circumstances of this grant are fully set forth in the opinion. 'The District Court decided against the claim and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
In August, 1796, James Clamorgan petitioned Colonel Delassus, then acting as commandant of the post and dependency of New Madrid, for a grant of land fronting - on the Mississippi River, for many miles, and running back to the'western branches of White River, including a section of country equal in area to 536,904 arpens, as was afterwards ascertained by measurement. To obtain title and possession of this large quantity of land,. Clamorgan represented, that he was a merchant residing in St. Louis; that he had been strongly encouraged by the Governor-General of the Province of Louisiana, to…
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