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THE UNITED STATES v. BOISDORÉ'S HEIRS

49 U.S. 113 (1850)

8 How. 113

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. THE HEIRS OF BOISDORÉ. SAME, APPELLANTS, v. THE HEIRS OF POWERS. SAME, APPELLANTS, v. THE HEIRS OF TURNER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The motion to dismiss was sustained by Mr. Volney Howard and Mr. Henderson, and opposed by Mr. Gillet and Mr. Johnson (Attorney-General).

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

A motion has been made to dismiss this case, for want of jurisdiction in this court to hear and decide it.

It appears that a petition was filed by the appellees in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, pursuant to the acts of Congress of May 26, 1824, and of June 17, 1844, praying to have confirmed to them a large...

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