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GARCIA v. LEE

37 U.S. 511 (1838)

12 Pet. 511

MANUEL GARCIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. SAMUEL LEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. M`Caleb and Mr. Southard, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr. Jones, for the defendant.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court:

In this case, the appellant claims ten thousand arpents of land, being part of a grant for fifteen thousand arpents; which he alleges, in his petition, were granted to him by the Spanish authorities in 1806. The land is situated in the state of Louisiana, and in the territory lying north of the Iberville, and between the Perdido and the Mississippi; which was so long...

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