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UNITED STATES v. DAVENPORT'S HEIRS

56 U.S. 1 (1853)

15 How. 1

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. SAMUEL DAVENPORT'S HEIRS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Cushing (Attorney-General) on the part of the United States, and by Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Johnson, with whom was Mr. Coxe, on behalf of the appellees.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This cause comes before this court by an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The appellees filed their petition in that court to establish their claim to a share in two grants of land, situate on the western border of Louisiana, in the country known as the

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