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THE UNITED STATES v. LEBLANC ET AL.

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53 U.S. 435 (1852)

12 How. 435

13 L.Ed. 1055

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. CONSTANCE LEBLANC, MODESTE LEBLANC, LOUIS LEBLANC, ASPASIA LEBLANC, JOSEPH LEON AND RAPHAEL BROISSARD, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HEIRS AT LAW OF PIERRE LEBLANC, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 24, 1852.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This claim appears to be a groundless one. The paper produced is a copy, certified by the Register of the Land-Office at New Orleans, to have been taken from one of the records of his office entitled "Libro 1 of French and Spanish Concessions." The paper as certified is nothing more than the preamble usually inserted in Spanish grants where a perfect and absolute title is intended to be given as contradistinguished...

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