Glasgow v. Hortiz
Supreme Court of the United States
"Writ of error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. This action was commenced in the St. Louis Land Court, by William Milburn, William Glasgow, jr., .and William C. Taylor, against Jean Baptiste Hortiz.
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"Writ of error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. This action was commenced in the St. Louis Land Court, by William Milburn, William Glasgow, jr., .and William C. Taylor, against Jean Baptiste Hortiz. The petition of the plaintiff set forth that they are commissioners appointed under a law of the State, and as such entitled to the possession of the land described as section sixteen, township forty-five north, range seven east, and the defendants have taken and unlawfully hold about ten acres thereof, for which suit'is brought. The defendant answered, admitting his possession of a tract…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
This case depends upon'the solution of a single question, touching the construction of the act of Congress of 13th June, 1812, entitled “An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri.”
This act declares “that the rights, titles, and claims to town or village lots, out-lots, common-field lots and commons, in, adjoining, and belonging to' the several towns and villages, (named in the act, and including St. Louis,) which lots have been inhabited, cultivated, or possessed prior to the 20th of December, 1803, shall be, and they cere hereby, confirmed…
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