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SAVIGNAC v. GARRISON

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59 U.S. 136 (1856)

18 How. 136

15 L.Ed. 290

ALFRED SAVIGNAC, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ABRAHAM GARRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 10, 1856.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Baxter, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Ewing, for defendant.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Missouri.

The plaintiff below, Garrison, brought an action of ejectment against Savignac, to recover the possession of a lot of land in the city of St. Louis, claiming title derived from the confirmation of Mordecai Bell's Spanish claim by the act of congress of 1835.

The defendant claimed title to the lot under...

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