Connoyer v. Washington University
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Land Cowrt. The decision of the board is as follows : “ The board are of opinion that the claim ought to be confirmed to the said widow Dodier, or her legal representatives, according to the survey in Livre Terrein No. 2, p. 38.” (See book No. 7, p. 185.) I. The confirmation was made by the board and act of Congress to widow Dodier, or to those who proved themselves to be in law her legal representatives,.and not to Louis Labeaume, who presented the claim…
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Error to St. Louis Land Cowrt. The decision of the board is as follows : “ The board are of opinion that the claim ought to be confirmed to the said widow Dodier, or her legal representatives, according to the survey in Livre Terrein No. 2, p. 38.” (See book No. 7, p. 185.) I. The confirmation was made by the board and act of Congress to widow Dodier, or to those who proved themselves to be in law her legal representatives,.and not to Louis Labeaume, who presented the claim to the old board in 1811, any further than he showed himself to be the assignee by legal conveyances. It was admitted…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
It appears from the evidence that Louis Labeaume, assignee of the widow Dodier, filed his, claim before the old board of commissioners in 1811, claiming three by forty arpens of land in the prairie adjoining the town of St. Louis, together with the concession 6f May 23,1772, to the widow Dodier, and a deed of transfer of title from said Dodier and others to Louis Labeaume, (the claimant,) dated August 18, 1806 ; and that his claim was rejected. It also appears that in 1833, “ widow Dodier, by Louis Labeaume’s representatives, claimed the same tract of land, before the new board of…
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