Keene v. Whitaker
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for East Louisiana. On the 26th November, 1833, the appellant filed a petition in the .Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, claiming under conveyances to him from Daniel Clarke, deceased, a tract of land, of nine hundred and forty-seven acres, part of thirty thousand arpents, which in 1804 had been, granted by the Spanish intendant, Don Juan Ventura Morales, in the name of the Spanish government, to Don…
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ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for East Louisiana. On the 26th November, 1833, the appellant filed a petition in the .Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, claiming under conveyances to him from Daniel Clarke, deceased, a tract of land, of nine hundred and forty-seven acres, part of thirty thousand arpents, which in 1804 had been, granted by the Spanish intendant, Don Juan Ventura Morales, in the name of the Spanish government, to Don Gilberty Andry, who was the vendor of part of the tract to Daniel Clarke. This tract was situated in that part of what-was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case comes up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of East Louisiana. It hás been submitted by the counsel for the plaintiff in error, without argument; and upon looking at the case as agreed on and stated by the parties in the Court below, it is evident, that the principles laid down in the case of Foster and Elam vs. Neilson, 2 Peters, 254; and Garcia vs. Lee, 12 Peters, 511, must decide this case against the plaintiff. The judgment of the Circuit Court must, therefore, be affirmed.
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