Jewell v. Porche

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiffs claim a tract of land in possession of defendant, and described in their petition as section no 63, in township 6, west of the Mississippi, range 10 east, containing 77 superficial acres, under purchase and a patent from the United States. The defendant resists their claim on the ground that, she is the just owner and possessor of the land by descent from her father, George Olivot, and in virtue of a Spanish patent, issued in his favor in 1791, and duly confirmed by the board of commissioners of the United States, after the…