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ANDERSON ET AL. v. BOCK

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56 U.S. 323 (1854)

15 How. 323

14 L.Ed. 714

REUBEN ANDERSON AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. MICHAEL BOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 27, 1854.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted, on printed briefs, by Mr. Bemis, for the plaintiff in error, with a brief by Messrs. Stockton and Steele, and by Mr. Benjamin, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs commenced a petitory action, as heirs at law of Thomas Anderson, to recover a lot of land in the city of New Orleans, of which they aver he died seised and that the defendant wrongfully detains

The defendant denied their claim to the property, and pleaded prescription under a just and valid title, with undisputed possession for upwards of thirty...

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