UNITED STATES v. CLARKE


33 U.S. 436 (____)

8 Pet. 436

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. GEORGE J.F. CLARKE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Call, for the United States; and by Mr Berrien and Mr Wilde, for the appellee.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In April 1829, George J.F. Clarke, the defendant in error, filed his petition in the court of the United States, for the eastern district of Florida, praying that court to decree a confirmation of his title to sixteen thousand acres of land, granted to him on the 6th day of April 1816, by Don Jose Coppinger, then acting governor of the province of East Florida...

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