Carondelet v. Saint Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
Writ of error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. ’ This proceeding was commenced by the city of Carondelet against the city of Saint Louis in the Saint Louis Land Court by a petition, in which the plaintiff (Carondelet) set forth that it- was a Spanish town for more than thirty years prior to December 20,1803, (the date when that country was ceded to the United States,) and the inhabitants of the town for several years before and after 1803 used and possessed a certain tract…
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Writ of error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. ’ This proceeding was commenced by the city of Carondelet against the city of Saint Louis in the Saint Louis Land Court by a petition, in which the plaintiff (Carondelet) set forth that it- was a Spanish town for more than thirty years prior to December 20,1803, (the date when that country was ceded to the United States,) and the inhabitants of the town for several years before and after 1803 used and possessed a certain tract of land adjoining the town as commons; that between the years 1796 and 1800 the northern line of the Carondelet common…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This cause is brought here by writ of error to the final decision of the Supreme Court of Missouri. The proceeding in the court below was accoi’ding to the State practice, being by petition partly in the nature of a common law action, and also corresponding in other parts to a bill in equity. One issue was presented by the pleadings which' was submitted to a jury. The petition states, that, between the years 1796 and 1800, the northern line of the Carondelet common was surveyed and marked by Soulard, the proper ¿Spanish surveyor for Upper Louisiana, pursuant to an order made by the Lieutenant…
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