SMITH v. UNITED STATES


35 U.S. 250 (____)

10 Pet. 250

*JOHN SMITH, T., APPELLANT, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was argued at January term, 1830, by Mr. Benton, for the appellant, and by Mr. Writ, for the United States.


Mr. Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the court.

Pursuant to the provisions of the act of 1824, for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Missouri, John Smith, T., held his petition in the district court on the 3d of October, 1827, claiming a confirmation of his title to ten thousand arpents of land in that state, in virtue of a Spanish concession to James St. Vrain, a resident of *Louisiana, legally made before the 10th of March of 1804, [*328 by the...

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