United States v. Armand Pillerin
Supreme Court of the United States
These four cases were land cases, arising under the acts of 1824 and 1844, and were appeals from the District Court of the United States, for Louisiana. " They were cases of French grants made after the treaty of Fontainbleau by which Louisiana was ceded to Spain.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
These four cases are all French grants made after the treaty of Fontainbleau by which Louisiana was ceded to Spain. We have already decided in the cases of The United States v. Reynes, 9 How. 127, and The United States v. D’Auterive, 10 How. 607, that grants of this description are void, unless confirmed by the Spanish' authorities before the cession to the United States. In some of these cases evidence-has been offered .of continued possession by the grantees of those claiming under them, ever since the grants were made. But if there has been such a continued possession, and acts of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. ReynesSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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