Webster v. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
This- case was brought up, by writ -of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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This- case was brought up, by writ -of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court. Upon the trial in the Circuit Court, the demandant’s (Webster’s) counsel, prayed the court to instruct the jury as follows :, 1. ’ That the act of the Legislature of Maine, of the year 1848, ch. 87, is not applicable to any case in which the title of the demandant had accrued before the passage of said act. 2. That said act is not applicable to the '.present action, the same having been commenced before the passage of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
Henry Webster, an alien, and subject of Great Britain, brought his writ of entry in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine, to recover possession of a parcel of land described in the count. He claims title under a will ■of Florentius Vassall. At the trial, the parties agreed on the following facts:
“ It is agreed, by the parties, that the following statement of facts is true, namely, that the demanded premises belonged to the proprietors of the Kennebec Purchase, and were by them duly granted and assigned to Florentius Vassall, one of the proprietors in fee, in the…
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