SHEPLEY ET AL. v. COWAN ET AL.


91 U.S. 330 (____)

SHEPLEY ET AL. v. COWAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John R. Shepley and Mr. P. Phillips for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Montgomery Blair and Mr. Britton A. Hill, contra.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity, brought, according to the practice obtaining in Missouri, to settle the conflicting claims of the parties, arising from their respective patents, to a fractional section of land comprising thirty-seven acres and two-fifths of an acre, situated in that State. The plaintiffs assert title to the premises under a patent issued to William M. McPherson by the governor of the State, bearing date...

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