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WILLOT ET AL. v. SANDFORD

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60 U.S. 79 (1856)

19 How. 79

15 L.Ed. 549

SEBASTIAN WILLOT, JOHN McDONALD, AND JOSEPH HUNN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN F.A. SANDFORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 29, 1856.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Blair for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Lawrence for the defendant, upon which side there was also a brief filed by Mr. Glover.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

Peter Chouteau, claiming under one Dissonet, laid before Recorder Bates a claim for 800 arpens of land, situate in St. Charles county, Missouri. The evidence presented to the recorder was a certificate of a private survey embracing the claim as set up, with proof that Dissonet had inhabited and cultivated the land from 1798 to 1805. The recorder pronounced the claim valid...

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