Papin v. Massey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Franklin Circuit Coivrt. On the 13th of October, 1797, James Mackay obtained from the Spanish government a grant of 30,000 arpens of land, which was located in separate tracts. The whole of said grant of 30,000 arpens was afterwards confirmed to the said Mackay or his legal representatives, by the act of Congress of July 4, 1836, with the exceptions made by the second section of said act.
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Error to Franklin Circuit Coivrt. On the 13th of October, 1797, James Mackay obtained from the Spanish government a grant of 30,000 arpens of land, which was located in separate tracts. The whole of said grant of 30,000 arpens was afterwards confirmed to the said Mackay or his legal representatives, by the act of Congress of July 4, 1836, with the exceptions made by the second section of said act. Portions of said grant had been conveyed away by the United States previous to the confirmation. On the 10th of May, 1819, said Mackay executed and delivered to Charles Dehault Delassus the…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
The turning point in this cause is, as to the enurement of the confirmation made to James Mackay or his legal representatives by the act of Congress of July 4th, 1836. This confirmation embraces all the land the subject of this suit. The claim confirmed was filed before the commissioners, and was finally rejected in November, 1809. The appellant maintains that after this rejection the claim was by the act of 26th May, 1824, barred and extinguished ; that under the subsequent act of July 9th, 1832, Mackay’s old claim being dead, James Mackay’s heirs appeared, claiming, and produced new…
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