Bissell v. Penrose
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for. the District of Missouri. It was one of those land cases which arose from a conflict of title between an old Spanish concession, confirmed under the various acts of Congress upon the subject, and a title derived under a New Madrid grant.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for. the District of Missouri. It was one of those land cases which arose from a conflict of title between an old Spanish concession, confirmed under the various acts of Congress upon the subject, and a title derived under a New Madrid grant. All these acts of Congress bearing upon both titles are set forth in the case of Stoddard v. Chambers, reported in 2 Howard, 284, and the substance of them need not be repeated here. The following is a list of them. References to Acts of Congress. Date. Land Laws,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri. The case below was an action of ejectment by the plaintiff, (the defendant here,) to recover .against the defendant a moiety of a tract of land in the township of St. Louis, and in which she obtained a verdict and judgment!
*331■ The title of the plaintiff was derived from a confirmed Spanish concession, under the act of June 30, 1836 ; of the defendant, from a location of a New Madrid certificate, under the act of February 17,1815. Both rest upon acts of Congress ; and the question is which has the elder or better title.
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