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KISSELL v. ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

59 U.S. 19 (1855)

18 How. 19

JACOB KISSELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE BOARD OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Johnson, for the plaintiff in error, for whom there was also a printed argument filed by Mr. Thomas C. Johnson, of St. Louis. For the defendants in error, it was argued by Mr. Geyer.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case, the school commissioners were plaintiffs in their corporate capacity, and, in order to eject the defendant below, were bound to produce a legal title to the land claimed. Their title depends on three acts of congress, passed in 1812, 1824, and 1831. The act of 1812 confirmed, to private owners at St. Louis and other...

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