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BURGESS v. GRAY ET AL.

57 U.S. 48 (____)

16 How. 48

SAUNDERS BURGESS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN M. GRAY, THOMAS BURGESS, JR., AARON BURGESS, SIMEON BURGESS, JAMES BURGESS, JR., SAMUEL T. NORTHCUT, alias NORTHCRAFT, SILAS HUSKY, AARON A. SMIRL, GEORGE ARNOLD, AUSTIN M. JOHNSTON, GEORGE W. OGDEN, JOHN C. HARRINGTON, JOHN WATSON, LEWIS BUSH, AND JAMES G. CROMME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Garland, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Darby, for the defendants in error. Mr. Garland laid down the three following propositions: —

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit brought by petition in the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, in the State of Missouri, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants.

"The petition sets forth, in substance, that John Jarrott, alias Gerrard, in 1780, with the consent and permission of the officers of the Spanish government, settled upon a tract of land in what is now Jefferson...

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