United States v. D'Auterive
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. It was a petition presented to the District Court under the act of 1824, relating to land titles in Missouri, as revived and made applicable to Louisiana by the act of 1844. The history of the title claimed by the heirs of D’Auterive, so far as it may be necessary to explain the opinion of the court, was as follows.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. It was a petition presented to the District Court under the act of 1824, relating to land titles in Missouri, as revived and made applicable to Louisiana by the act of 1844. The history of the title claimed by the heirs of D’Auterive, so far as it may be necessary to explain the opinion of the court, was as follows. A copy of the following grant, issued in 1765, was certified by the register of the land-office at New'Orleans to be found upon the records in his possession, and forming part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
The appellees, as heirs of Jean Antoine Bernard D’Auterive, claimed in the court below an extensive tract of land in the county of Attakapas, the quantity of which land is not given, though certain boundaries thereof are set forth in the instrument upon which these appellees prefer their claim. This instrument purports to be a grant from Charles Philippe Aubry, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis', Commandant of the King in Louisiana, and Dionysius Nicholas Foucault, filling the functions of director in that Province, to Messrs. B’Auierive and Masse, and bearing date at New…
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