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THE UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

54 U.S. 7 (____)

13 How. 7

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH HUGHES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the United States, and by Messrs. Janin and Taylor for the appellee.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The plaintiff claimed three thousand arpents of land situate in Louisiana, and fronting on the back part of lands of Oliver Thibodeaux, Theodore Thibodeaux, and Claude Martin, under a concession to Andrè Martin from Governor Gayoso, 26 April, 1798. The proceedings were under the act of 17th June, 1844, reviving...

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