Legal Opinion

United States v. the Heirs of Fm Arredondo

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1839PublishedCited by 11 opinions

ON appeal irom the Superior Court of East Florida. This case was submitted to the Court by Mr. Grundy, the Attorney General of the United States.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne

delivered the opinion of the Court.—

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida,.which confirmed the claim of the appellees to a cession or grant of land, made by the governor of Florida to Fernando de la Maza.Arredondo.

- The concession was made on the 24th March, 1817, for thirty-eight thousand acres of land, in absolute property, without' prejudice to a third party, situated on the -two banks of a stream which enters the Suwanee river, called Alligator creek, beginning at about seven miles west of an Indian town called Alligatortowir, situated north-westwardly about forty…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Merritt v. American Steel-Barge Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  2. Ackerman v. TobinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
  3. Montgomery v. ElliottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1844
  4. Starr v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1901
  5. Buyck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1841

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