United States v. Curry
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for Louisiana, involving the title to a large body of land in that State. The proceedings of the District Court are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court and in the argument of Mr. Curry, to which the reader is referred. Mr. Curry moved to dismiss the appeal, as having been irregularly brought up.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for Louisiana, involving the title to a large body of land in that State. The proceedings of the District Court are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court and in the argument of Mr. Curry, to which the reader is referred. Mr. Curry moved to dismiss the appeal, as having been irregularly brought up. The motion was argued by Mr. Curry and Mr. Jones, in favor of it, and Mr. Clifford, Attorney-General, against it. Mr. Curry said that the proceedings in this case were had under the law of Congress, passed the 26th May,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered the opinion of.the court.
A motion has been made to dismiss this case for want of jurisdiction.
The appeal was taken from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Louisiana District, confirming to the appellees certain lands which they claimed under a Spanish grant. The decree was made on the 2d of May, 1846. But a new trial was afterwards granted, in order that third persons, who also claimed title to the land, might .have an opportunity of intervening in the suit, according to the practice of the Louisiana State courts. Subsequently, however, the petition of the…
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