French v. Fyan
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This action of ejectment was tried by the court below'without a jury, by agreement of the parties; and the only finding made by the court was a general one in favor of defendant, on which judgment was rendered in bar of the action.
The single question in this ¿case is raised on the refusal of the court to receive oral testimony to impeach the validity of a patent issued by the United States to the State of; Missouri for the land in question, under the act of 1850, known' as the “ swamp-land grant,” the purpose .being to show by such testimony that it was not in point of fact swamp-land within…
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