Stanford v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for, the district of Missouri. The case is stated in the opinion of .the court.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for, the district of Missouri. The case is stated in the opinion of .the court. Mr Lawrence made the following points, namely: — ■'. This survey was entirely erroneous, as plaintiff claims and offered to show, for reasons; 1. Thjt the location was such that it did not include the possession ás required by the commissioners’ certificate. 2. It did not adjoin Robert in any way, but was put three arpens west of it. 3. It was made upon the grant to Mad. Papin, long before surveyed and patented to her…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
■ The plaintiff, Stanford, sued Taylor in ejectment, claiming title to the land in dispute under a concession from “ Don Francisco Cruzat, lieutenant-governor, dated in 1785, who decreed as .follows:—
“ In view of what is set forth in the present memorial, presented by Angela Chovin, widow of the'deceased Miguel-Bolica, of this town of St. Louis, under date of the sixth of May of the current year, I have granted to her, in proprietary title, for. her, her heirs, and others who may represent her right, forty arpens front of land upon forty in depth, along the river called De los Padres, (Des…
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