McMicken v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Louisiana. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb.. Justice Bbadley
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe claim to lands in this case originated as follows: On tbe 17th of December, 1798, William Coleman, an inhabitant of New Feliciana, within the bounds of the present State of Louisiana, east of tbe Mississippi River, applied to tbe Spanish governor-general for a grant of six hundred and ten arpents of land, for a plantation and settlement, in the district of Baton Rouge, three miles from tbe Mississippi. A certificate of tbe local surveyor was annexed to tbe application, certifying that there were vacant lands in the district of St.…
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