Hughes v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Louisiana. Tbe United States in 1848 filed an information in tbe nature of a bill in equity in tbe court just named, against one Hughes, for the repeal and surrender of their patent for a tract of land issued to him in 1841; tendering back to him tbe purchase-money.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Louisiana. Tbe United States in 1848 filed an information in tbe nature of a bill in equity in tbe court just named, against one Hughes, for the repeal and surrender of their patent for a tract of land issued to him in 1841; tendering back to him tbe purchase-money. Tbe case was thus: By the act of Congress of April 12th, 1814, every person who had inhabited and cultivated a tract of land lying in that portion of the State of Louisiana which had composed the Territory of Orleans, or in the Territory of Missouri, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This suit is brought to vacate the patent to Hughes, and compel its surrender for cancellation. It proceeds upon the ground that the patent was issued in violation of the rights of G-oodbee, or parties deriving title under him, and that its existence impairs the ability of the government to fulfil its engagements to him.
By the act of April, 1814, the United States had extended to Goodbee the privilege of purchasing the land, and had prescribed the mode of proceeding to make the purchase, and fixed the price to be paid. "When this mode was pursued, and the price was paid, a contract was…
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