Richardson v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. This was an action of ejectment brought in a state court of Florida, to recover tracts of land at and near Pensacola, alleged to have been granted to the person from whom the plaintiff deraigned title, by the Spanish superintendent general before the acquisition of Florida by the United States. Judgment was entered.for the defendants by the trial court, which judgment was ¿ustained by the Supreme Court of the State.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. This was an action of ejectment brought in a state court of Florida, to recover tracts of land at and near Pensacola, alleged to have been granted to the person from whom the plaintiff deraigned title, by the Spanish superintendent general before the acquisition of Florida by the United States. Judgment was entered.for the defendants by the trial court, which judgment was ¿ustained by the Supreme Court of the State. The grounds upon which each of these judgments was founded are briefly.stated in the opinion of the court, below. The defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
~Mt?.- Chief Justice Fullee
delivered the opinion of the court
This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida.
On the trial plaintiff offered in evidence an alleged Spanish grant of several tracts from Don Alexander. Ramirez, intend-ant of the army and superintendent general of Cuba and the two Floridas, to Don Vicente Sebastian Pintado with proof of execution; and also deraignment of paper title from Pintado’s heirs to himself. No evidence was offered of actual prior occupation. The property sued, for was included in one of the…
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