THE CITY OF MOBILE v. HALLETT


41 U.S. 261 (____)

16 Pet. 261

THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MOBILE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM E. HALLETT, EXECUTOR OF JOSHUA KENNEDY, DECEASED, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Test, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Key and Mr. Sergeant, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is brought here by a writ of error from the Supreme Court of Alabama. The plaintiffs claim title under an act of Congress, and the decision of the State Court was against the title; which, under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act, gives jurisdiction to this Court.

The plaintiffs brought their action of trespass to try the title to a lot of ground in the city of Mobile, bounded as follows...

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