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FOSTER & ELAM v. NEILSON

27 U.S. 253 (____)

2 Pet. 253

JAMES FOSTER AND PLEASANTS ELAM, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. DAVID NEILSON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Coxe and Mr Webster for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Jones for the defendant.

Mr Coxe, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr Jones, for the appellees.

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 40,000 arpents of land...

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