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HALE v. GAINES ET AL.

63 U.S. 144 (1859)

22 How. 144

JOHN C. HALE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. GAINES AND MARIA GAINES HIS WIFE, ALBERT BELDING, HENRY BELDING, AND GEORGE BELDING, HEIRS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF LUDOVICUS BELDING, DECEASED, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued in this court by Mr. Frederick P. Stanton for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. May and Mr. Watkins, upon a brief filed by Mr. May, Mr. Brent, and Mr. Watkins, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

A contest for the ownership of the Hot Springs, in Arkansas, has been pending for some years before the General Land Office, and in the courts of that State. One party derive their title through a pre-emption claim, as an occupant under the acts of Congress of 1830 and 1832, and the other by the location of a New Madrid warrant...

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