MACKEY v. THE UNITED STATES.


35 U.S. 261 (____)

10 Pet. 261

*ISABELLA MACKEY, WIDOW, JOHN ZENON MACKEY AND OTHERS, HEIRS OF JAMES MACKEY, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. White, for the appellants; and by Mr. Butler, attorney-general, for the United States.


Mr. Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the district court of Missouri, rejecting the claim of the appellants to eight hundred arpents of land in that state; for the confirmation of which they had filed their petition, pursuant to the provisions of the act of 1824, for the adjustment of land claims in that state.

The petition was in the form prescribed by the law, presenting a proper case for the jurisdiction...

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