Chouteau v. Eckhart
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the state of Missouri, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary act of 1789. The facts were these: On the 11th of January, 1797, Charles Tayon presented the following petition: To Don Zenon "Trudeau, lieutenant-governor of the western part of Illinois, at St. Louis: Charles- Tayon, sub-lieutenant of infantry, pensioned by the king, captain of militia, commandant, under your orders, of the village of…
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the state of Missouri, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary act of 1789. The facts were these: On the 11th of January, 1797, Charles Tayon presented the following petition: To Don Zenon "Trudeau, lieutenant-governor of the western part of Illinois, at St. Louis: Charles- Tayon, sub-lieutenant of infantry, pensioned by the king, captain of militia, commandant, under your orders, of the village of St. Charles, of Missouri, has the honour to pray you to grant him a tract of timbered land of six'arpens in width,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
For the statement of the facts the report is referred to.
It is insisted this court has no jurisdiction to look into the plaintiff’s concession of 1800; or to pass on it, under the 25th section of the Judiciary act — and the case in 9 Peters, 244, of New Orleans v. De Armis, is referred to as settling the question. If the plaintiff relied alone on a complete Spanish title, then the argument would be sound, but each party claims by force of an act of Cqngress; the plaintiff under that of 1836, and the defendant under the .act of 1812, confirming to the inhabitants of St. Charles the village…
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