Livingston v. Dorgenois
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Orleans, in a suit brought-in that Court, by Edward Livingston against F. I. Le Breton Dorgenois marshal of the territory °f Orleans, according to the forms of the civil law asestablished in that territory. . The petition of E. Livingston stated, that one John Gravier, on the 30th of April, 1803, was aft inhabitant of the province of Louisiana; that he was the owner and possessor of a…
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THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Orleans, in a suit brought-in that Court, by Edward Livingston against F. I. Le Breton Dorgenois marshal of the territory °f Orleans, according to the forms of the civil law asestablished in that territory. . The petition of E. Livingston stated, that one John Gravier, on the 30th of April, 1803, was aft inhabitant of the province of Louisiana; that he was the owner and possessor of a plantation or parcel of land adjoin*ing, and next above the city' of New Orleans, and bounded in front on -the river…
1Opinion of the Court
The counsel for the Appellant dismissed
his w'rit of error, and prayed a mandamus nisi to the judge, of the District Court of Orleans in the nature of a procedendo, which was granted.
Mandamus nisi awarded.
2Cited by1 opinion
- Livingston v. DorgenoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1813