United States v. Turner
Supreme Court of the United States
.This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District Court of Louisiana. It was a petition filed in the District Court by the appellees,, who claimed a tract of land under the Maison-Rouge grant.- The District Court decided in favor of the petitioners, and the United States appealed to this court..
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.This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District Court of Louisiana. It was a petition filed in the District Court by the appellees,, who claimed a tract of land under the Maison-Rouge grant.- The District Court decided in favor of the petitioners, and the United States appealed to this court.. It was submitted by Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the United States, upon the ground that this court had already decided, in the case of United States v. King (3 Howard, 773, and 7 Howard, 833), that the grant was invalid.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered the opinion of the count.. This is an appeal from the decree of the District Court, jf the United States for the District of Louisiana. The proci jdings were instituted by the appellees against the United St '.,es, according to the acts of Congress of May 26,1824, ana. June ¿17,1844; and they claim title to a parcel of land in the State of Louisiana, under an instrument of writing executed by the Baron de Carondelet, on -the 20th of June, 1797, in favor of the Marquis de Maison-Rouge. The .conveyances by which they deduce title to themselves from him are set forth in the petition.…
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