United States v. King
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United' States.for East Louisiana. It involved a claim for upwards of two hundred thousand arpens of land in Western Louisiana, commonly known as the Maison Rouge claim, the history of which is this: About thé year 1795, a number of French royalists arrived in ’New Orleans, and-amongst them the Marquis de Maison.Rouge, a knight of'St. Louis, who had beéií banished from France, and whose property had…
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United' States.for East Louisiana. It involved a claim for upwards of two hundred thousand arpens of land in Western Louisiana, commonly known as the Maison Rouge claim, the history of which is this: About thé year 1795, a number of French royalists arrived in ’New Orleans, and-amongst them the Marquis de Maison.Rouge, a knight of'St. Louis, who had beéií banished from France, and whose property had been confiscated in the Revolution, • On the 1st of January, 1795, he obtained the following passport: The Baron de…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice TANÉY
delivered the opinion of the court..
This case is one of great importance, from the amount of property in dispute; and if the court-entertained' any doubt upon the questions of law of of fact which are presented by the record, we should regard it as our duty to hold it under advisement, and postpone the decision to another term. But the principles of law upon which it depends are not new in this court, and have often-been the subjects of discussion and consideration since ;the cession of Louisiana and Florida to the United States. And having, after a careful…
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