ST. LOUIS v. RUTZ

No. 1096.

138 U.S. 226 (1891)

ST. LOUIS v. RUTZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leverett Bell and Mr. W.C. Kaeffner for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James K. Edsall for defendant in error. Mr. Alonzo S. Wilderman also filed a brief for the same.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The general question involved in the case is, whether the land in dispute is a part of surveys 149 to 156, inclusive, in the common fields of Prairie du Pont, with the accretion thereto, situate on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, in St. Clair County, Illinois, and is owned by the plaintiff, or whether it is owned by the surviving...

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