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LEDOUX ET AL. v. BLACK ET AL.

59 U.S. 473 (1855)

18 How. 473

AMARON LEDOUX, ALPHONSE MILTENBERGER, AND GEORGE O. HALL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN BLACK, JOHN HAGAN, JR., JOHN HAGAN, SR., FRANCIS WREN, J.M. SMILEY, AND EPHRAIM McLEAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Badger, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Benjamin, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

This cause is brought here from the supreme court of Louisiana, by writ of error, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789. The only question presented for our consideration is, which party has the better right to the land in dispute? The defendant, Black, claims title under an entry made in 1808, and a patent founded on the entry, dated in 1810, in the name of General Lafayette, for a thousand acres...

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