United States v. Heirs of Forbes
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The executor of John Forbes, on the 20th of May, 1S29, presented a petition to the Superior Court for the Eastern District of Florida, claiming ten thousand acres of land, seven thousand of which were surveyed on the waters of “ Little St. -Marys river,” in the then district of Nassau, in East Florida; the other tract, being three thousand acres, was alleged to be situated on “ Cabbage Swamp,” also in East Florida.
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ON appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida. The executor of John Forbes, on the 20th of May, 1S29, presented a petition to the Superior Court for the Eastern District of Florida, claiming ten thousand acres of land, seven thousand of which were surveyed on the waters of “ Little St. -Marys river,” in the then district of Nassau, in East Florida; the other tract, being three thousand acres, was alleged to be situated on “ Cabbage Swamp,” also in East Florida. The 'petition stated, that the grant for the land was made by Governor Kindeian, in lieu of fifteen thousand acres which had been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
John Forbes, by his memorial to Governor Kindelan, (without date,) sets forth, that in 1799, there had been granted to Panton, Leslie & Co., for the purpose of agriculture, and for grazing their cattle, fifteen thousand acres of land, in the district of St. Johns, which they were under the necessity of abandoning, as being of an inferior quality: that said John Forbes is one of the firm of John Forbes & Co., successor to Panton, Leslie & Co. And said John Forbes prays to be permitted to abandon the fifteen thousand acres, to the king’s domain; and in lieu thereof, to have granted to him an…
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