Coleman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, sustaining a demurrer of the defendants to the claimants’ petition, and dismissing the petition.
It appears that in the year 1843 the government of Mexico granted to Miranda and Beaubien,. citizens and residents of Mexico, a tract of land situated in Mexico. After the territory which included this grant was brought by treaty with Mexico within the jurisdiction of the United States Congress, in the year 1860, passed an act confirming the grant to Miranda and Beaubien. Subsequently, Miranda and Beaubien conveyed these lands to the Maxwell…
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