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WAGNER ET AL. v. BAIRD ET AL.

48 U.S. 234 (1849)

7 How. 234

PETER K. WAGNER, AND SIDONIA PIERCE WAGNER, HIS WIFE, JOHN LAWSON LEWIS, LOUISA MARIA LEWIS, THEODORE LEWIS, ELIZA CORNELIA LEWIS, ALFRED J. LEWIS, JOHN HAMPDEN LEWIS, ALGERNON SIDNEY LEWIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON LEWIS, AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEWIS, ALL RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND JOHN BOWMAN, AND MARY PIERCE BOWMAN, HIS WIFE, LATE MARY PIERCE LAWSON, RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND GEORGE C. THOMPSON, A RESIDENT AND CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, COMPLAINANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. JOHN BAIRD AND OTHERS, RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued at the preceding term, by Mr. Ewing and Mr. Scott (in a printed argument), for the appellants, and Mr. Stanberry, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants in this case filed their bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio, claiming a certain tract of land in possession of the defendants, and praying a decree for the title and possession of the same.

The bill sets forth that Robert Lawson, under whom complainants claim, had received...

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