United States v. Clarke

In April 1829, George J. F. Clarke, the defendant in error, filed his petition in the court of the United States, for the eastern district of Florida, praying that court to decree a confirmation of his title to sixteen thousand acres of land, granted to him on the 6th day of April 1816, by Don Jose Coppinger, then acting governor of the province of East Florida.

The attorney for the district appeared, and by his answer denied all the material allegations of the petition.

Several exhibits were filed, and several depositions were taken; and in May term 1832, the court adjudged the claim of the…