BONIN v. GULF COMPANY

No. 50.

198 U.S. 115 (1905)

BONIN v. GULF COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Branch K. Miller for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Edgar H. Farrar, Mr. B.F. Jonas and Mr. Ernest B. Kruttschnitt for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a petitory action for real property, or an action of ejectment, brought by the heirs of Gonsoulin, plaintiffs in error, against the Gulf Company, defendant in error, in the District Court of St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, where the land was situated. The petition alleged that a grant or concession by the Spanish Government was originally made to Dubuclet, St. Clair and Gonsoulin in 1783, and that...

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