DOWNES v. SCOTT


45 U.S. 500 (1846)

4 How. 500

RICHARD CHARLES DOWNES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM S. SCOTT, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Crittenden, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings before us a judgment of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789.

On the 15th of June, 1837, a patent was issued by the United States to Elijah Evans and Levi Blakeley for one hundred and thirty-three acres and eight hundredths of an acre, being lots numbered one and three of section six...

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