Purvis v. Harmanson

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

' Rost, J.

This is a petitory action, for land situated in that portion of the State which was not taken possession of by the United States till some years after the delivery of the colony of Louisiana, under the treaty of cession. The title of the plaintiffs consists: 1st. of a petition presented by Juan Say to Grandpré, whom he styles governor of Florida, praying for an order of survey, in order that the petitioner may present himself to the competent authority to obtain the grant; 2d, of the order of survey made thereon by Grandpré, on the 24th…