Foster v. Neilson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1829-03-18

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Mr Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.. This suit was brought by the plaintiffs in error in the court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana, to recover a tract of land lying in that district, about thirty miles.east of the Mississippi, and in the possession Of the defendant. The plaintiffs claimed under • a grant for…

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