THE UNITED STATES v. D'AUTERIVE ET AL.


51 U.S. 609 (____)

10 How. 609

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JEAN BAPTISTE D'AUTERIVE AND OTHERS, HEIRS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LATE JEAN ANTOINE BERNARD D'AUTERIVE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellees, as heirs of Jean Antoine Bernard D'Auterive, claimed in the court below an extensive tract of land in the county of Attakapas, the quantity of which land is not given, though certain boundaries thereof are set forth in the instrument upon which these appellees prefer their claim. This instrument purports to be a grant from Charles Philippe Aubry, Knight...

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