United States v. Delespine
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Superior Court, Southern District of ' Florida. In November, 1830, Joseph Delespine presented a petition to the Superior Court of East Florida, asking for the confirmation of a grant by the Spanish government of Florida, of a tract of land on Rio Neuvo, of two leagues to each point of the compass; to contain ninety-two thousand one hundred and sixty acres.
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APPEAL from the Superior Court, Southern District of ' Florida. In November, 1830, Joseph Delespine presented a petition to the Superior Court of East Florida, asking for the confirmation of a grant by the Spanish government of Florida, of a tract of land on Rio Neuvo, of two leagues to each point of the compass; to contain ninety-two thousand one hundred and sixty acres. The claim of the petitioner was founded on an alleged grant to' Juan Xavier de Arrambide, a- Spanish subject., by the Captain General of the Island of Cuba, on the 15th of November, 1813, and which was confirmed by.the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The first objection to the decree of the Court below, made in behalf of the United States, is: 1. “ That the claim ought not to be sustained; because, neither the claimant, nor those under whom he claims, ever came within the provisions of the- act of Congress, applicable to the said claim; or filed any petition, memorial, or necessary documents within the term required by law.”
By the act of the 26th of May, 1830, Congress declared, that all claims to lands not settled by that act, and which had been presented to the Commissioners of East Florida, or to the Register and Receiver acting as…
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