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THE UNITED STATES v. MIRANDA

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41 U.S. 153 (1842)

16 Pet. 153

10 L.Ed. 920

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. PEDRO MIRANDA AND OTHERS, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 15, 1842.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case, on the appeal of the United States, was argued on the part of the United States, by Mr. Duvall, and Mr. Legare, the attorney-general of the United States; and was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Garr and Mr. Ogden, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appeal from the Superior Court of East Florida.

The defendants in error claim title to a tract of land, under a grant made by Governor White, on the 26th November, 1810, to Don Pedro Miranda, containing eight leagues square, or three hundred and sixty-eight thousand six hundred and forty acres, on the waters of Hillsborough and Tampa bays, in the eastern district of the territory of Florida.

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