United States v. Roselius
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The case is fully'stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is an. appeal from the- decrée of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in a proceeding instituted in that court by John MeDonogh, in his lifetime, to try the validity of his claim to certain land mentioned in his petition. The proceeding was under the acts of 1824 and 1844.
The petition was presented on the 15th of June, 1846, and sets forth that he has a good and valid title to a tract of land in the parish of Jefferson, near the city of New Orleans, and on the same side of the river Mississippi, commencing at a distance of eighty arpens from the river, and running…
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