Les Bois v. Bramell
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ -of error, fróm the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. It was exactly the same, in most of its points, with the case ,of Mackay and others v. Dillon, reported in a preceding part of tjiis volume.
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This case was brought up, by writ -of error, fróm the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. It was exactly the same, in most of its points, with the case ,of Mackay and others v. Dillon, reported in a preceding part of tjiis volume. Reference will be made to that case in all the pomts which are similar. ! It was an action of ejectment -brought by Les Bois, in the Circuit Court, to recover two hundred and forty-four arpents and fifty perches of land, claimed under a Spanish concession. The defendant, Bramell, claimed title under the acts of Congress of 1812 and 1831,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This case comes up by a writ of error to the Circuit Court of thé District, of Missouri. It is an action of ejectment for two. hundred and eight acres of land, lying within the commons of St. Louis, and confirmed to the plaintiff by the act of Congress of July 4,. 1836 ; and was surveyed by-the authority of the United States, in. September, 1838. 'The act of 1836, and the survey, make out a good prima, facie title foF the plaintiff.
The defendant claims tide under- the city of St. Louis ; and the title of the city depends on its grant of the commons by the acts of 1812 and 1831. The evidence…
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