United States v. Acosta
Supreme Court of the United States
The facts in this case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. It was submitted by Mr. Legaré, the attorney ¡-general, without argument, on the usual obiections assigned, pro forma, for error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
delivered the opinión of the court..
This is an appeal from the decree of the Superior Court of East Florida, confirming eight thousand acres of land to Domingo Acosta, under the acts of Congress for the adjustment of land-claims in Florida.
The claim is founded on an alleged petition of Acosta, dated May 2,1816, and a decree of Governor Coppinger thereon, dated the 20th day of the same month and year. The petition (record 8) sets forth: That by the. certificates which he presented, signed by the commandants of Fernandina, who had governed it successively since 1808, his excellency would be…
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