FOLEY v. HARRISON ET AL.


56 U.S. 433 (1853)

15 How. 433

ARTHUR MORGAN FOLEY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SAMUEL T. HARRISON, DEFENDANT, AND LOUIS LESASSIER, INTERVENOR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Benjamin, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana.

A petitory action by petition was commenced in the fifth District Court of New Orleans, on the 5th of February, 1847, by the plaintiff in error, claiming a tract of land of which the defendant had possession. The plaintiff claims under two patents from the State of Louisiana, issued under the...

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