United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré
Supreme Court of the United States
The first two of these cases were appeals from the District Court of Mississippi. One of them, viz., The United States v. The Heirs of Boisdoré, was the same case in which a motion to dismiss was made at the preceding term, as reported in 7 Howard, 658. The third was an appeal from the District Court of Louisiana.
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The first two of these cases were appeals from the District Court of Mississippi. One of them, viz., The United States v. The Heirs of Boisdoré, was the same case in which a motion to dismiss was made at the preceding term, as reported in 7 Howard, 658. The third was an appeal from the District Court of Louisiana. A motion was now made to dismiss the whole three, upon a ground which was common to them all, viz., that the act of 1844, reviving and reenacting the act of 1824, continued it in force for the term of five years, and no longer; and that, as the act was passed on the 17th of June,…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Mr. Chief Justice TANEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
• A motion has been made to dismiss this case, for want of jurisdiction in this court to hear' and decide it.
It appears that a petition was filed by the appellees in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, pursuant to the acts of Congress of May 26, 1824, and of June 17, 1844, praying to have confirmed to them a large tract of land, which they claimed under a concession or grant which they alleged .had been made to their ancestors, by the Spanish authorities.
The petition was filed on February…
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