Papin v. Allen

This is an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant in error to recover the possession of a strip of land fronting eighty-five feet two inches on the west side of .Oarondelet avenue, in the city of St. Louis, running back an average depth of about eighteen and three-fourths teet.

The plaintiffs claimed title under a confirmation of a larger tract to Joseph Brazeaii, or his legal representatives, by virtue of the act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.

The defendant claimed under a confirmation of two by forty arpens to G-ervais, or his legal…