United States v. Boisdoré
Supreme Court of the United States
• This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The case arose under the áct óf 26th May, 1824 (4 Stat. at Large, 52), as revived and reenacted by the act .of June 17, 1844 (5 Stat. at Large, 676).' A petition was presented to the district Court of the United States for the Southern.
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• This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The case arose under the áct óf 26th May, 1824 (4 Stat. at Large, 52), as revived and reenacted by the act .of June 17, 1844 (5 Stat. at Large, 676).' A petition was presented to the district Court of the United States for the Southern. District of Mississippi, by the heirs of Louis Boisdoré, claiming a large' tract of land lying between the Bay-of St. Louis and Pearl River, in the State of Mississippi, and below the thirty-first degree of north latitude. The circumstances were these.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The heirs of Boisdoré filed their petition, in the' nature' of a bill in equity, pursuant to the act of 1824, revived by that of 1844, against the United States, claiming a decree to a perfect title for a large body of land fronting on the. Bay of St. Louis and the Gulf of Mexico, and extending in depth to Pearl River; containing between one hundred thousand and four hundred thousand acres in quantity, depending bn the manner in which the .claim should be surveyed. A decree was made by the District Court of Mississippi, confirming the claim, and ordering a survey to be made in a particular…
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