The United States v. Joseph Delespine's Heirs, Lazarus and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the ¿superior court of East Florida. The heirs of Joseph Delespine, and others, purchasers from Joseph Delespine, filed a petition to the supreme court of East Florida, praying .confirmation of a grant to Joseph Delespine, made by Don José Coppinger, on the 9th day of April, 1817; he being then the Spanish governpr of East Florida. .The grant was for forty-three thousand acres, under which surveys-were made by George J. F..
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APPEAL from the ¿superior court of East Florida. The heirs of Joseph Delespine, and others, purchasers from Joseph Delespine, filed a petition to the supreme court of East Florida, praying .confirmation of a grant to Joseph Delespine, made by Don José Coppinger, on the 9th day of April, 1817; he being then the Spanish governpr of East Florida. .The grant was for forty-three thousand acres, under which surveys-were made by George J. F.. Clarke, then■ surveyor of the province, according.to the terms of the grant. ' The petitioners exhibited, in support of their claim, the original, translation,…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice Wavne
delivered the opinion of the Court:
In this case.it is conceded by the attorney .general that the. only ground upon which it can be taken out of the decisions of-this Court j confirming' the decrees of the courts of Florida, upon grants and concessions of land made by the, authorities of the king of Spain to his subjects, before the 24th January, 1818; was, that .the superior court of East Florida, in adjudicating upon this claim, received as evidence the copy of a copy of a concession or grant to Joseph Delespine. - We think the copy, in this instance, was properly received…
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