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OAKEY v. BENNETT ET AL.

52 U.S. 33 (____)

11 How. 33

SAMUEL W. OAKEY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN H. BENNETT, ADMINISTRATOR OF WILLIAM HALL, AND JOHN H. ILLIES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Hall, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Rogers and Mr. Howard, for the defendants in error, with whom were Mr. Ovid F. Johnson and Mr. Harris.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

A writ of error to the District Court of the United States for Texas brings this case before us.

Under the forms of procedure in Texas, an action was commenced by petition, on the 25th of January, 1847, by the plaintiff, for the recovery of a house and lot in the city of Galveston, Texas, described in the plan of said city, number thirteen, in block six hundred...

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