White v. Leovy

delivered the opinion of the court..This is an action of jactitation or slander of title, and'is here on error from the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. A motion is made to dismiss for want of jurisdiction in this court on the ground that no Federal question was decided. We think the motion should be granted.

Both parties, who were respectively plaintiff and defendants in the court below, derive title from the State of Louisiana by patents which were issued in execution of the grant to it of swamp and overflowed lands. Plaintiff’s patent was prior in time to that of defendants, and it…