The United States v. Charles Seton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the superior court for East Florida. ■This was a claim to land in East Florida, under a concession made by Don Jose Coppinger, governor of the province of East Florida, then under the dominion of the king of Spain, on the 6th day of May 1816, to Charles Seton the claimant.
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APPEAL from the superior court for East Florida. ■This was a claim to land in East Florida, under a concession made by Don Jose Coppinger, governor of the province of East Florida, then under the dominion of the king of Spain, on the 6th day of May 1816, to Charles Seton the claimant. Thé claimant, on the 26lh day of April 1816, applied by petition to governor Coppinger for leave to build a water saw-mill on Nassau';river, in East Florida, at a place called Roundabout, and for the right to the quantity of land which was customary for his supply of timber. On the 8th of May following, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
•This is an appeal from the decree of the judge of the superior court for the eastern district of Florida; confirming the claim of the appellee to sixteen thousand acres of land, pursuant to the acts of congress for the adjustment of land claims in Florida.
In-the court below the petition was in due form as prescribed by law, presenting a proper case for the exercise of jurisdiction by the court.
The claim of the petitioner was founded on his application to the governor of East Florida for a grant of sixteen thousand acres of land, for the purpose of erecting…
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