Bell v. Hearne
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, by a writ of error issued under the .twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The following notice'of the points for the plaintiff in error is taken from the brief of Mr. Baxter: I. John Bell was the purchaser of the land from the United States, and James Bell had no right or interest in it.
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, by a writ of error issued under the .twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The following notice'of the points for the plaintiff in error is taken from the brief of Mr. Baxter: I. John Bell was the purchaser of the land from the United States, and James Bell had no right or interest in it. The receiver’s receipt and Ms certificate prove the purchase was made by John Bell, and vested in him all the inchoate title which could be vested by the purchase. It…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of September, 1789. .
The plaintiff commenced a petitory action in the District Court of Caddo parish, Louisiana, for a parcel of land in the possession of the defendants. He claims the land by a purchase from the United States, and exhibits their patent for it, bearing date in June, 1850, with his petition. The defendant (Hearne) appeared to the action, and answered that the United States had sold the land to James Bell, and as the property of Jajnes Bell it had been legally sold by the…
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