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GAZZAM v. LESSEE OF ELAM PHILLIPS ET AL

61 U.S. 372 (____)

20 How. 372

CHARLES W. GAZZAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. LESSEE OF ELAM PHILLIPS AND MARY HIS WIFE, AND ASHBEY W. ETHERIDGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued in this court by Mr. J. Little Smith for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Sherman for the defendants.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama.

The suit was brought in the court below to recover the possession of some four acres of land in the city of Mobile.

The lessors of the plaintiff claimed title to the lot in dispute as heirs of James Etheridge, and gave in evidence a patent from the United States to their ancestor, dated 30th May, 1833, "for the southwest quarter...

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