United States v. Samuel Davenport's Heirs
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District. Court of the IJnited States for the I i astern District of Louisiana, under the Acts of 1824 and 1844 so often referred to in cases previously reported. The facts of (he case are recited in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This cause comes before this court by an. appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The appellees filed their petition in that court to establish their claim to a share in two grants of land, sitúale on the western border of Louisiana, in the country known as the neutral territory, lying between the Sabine river and the Arroyo Hondo.
One of these grants was issued by the commandant of the Spanish post at Nacogdoches to Edward Murphy, the 1st day of July, 1798, for a tract of land called La Nana, containing 92,160 acres. The grantee,…
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