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DENISE ET AL. v. RUGGLES

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57 U.S. 242 (1854)

16 How. 242

14 L.Ed. 922

AUGUSTINE ANNE LOUISE DENISE, HYACINTH ADDA MAYNEAUD DE PAUCEMONT, COUNTESS DE TOURNON, SERAPHINE CARPENTIER, WIDOW OF OLIVIER LOUIS MARTIN, CHARLES ALEXANDER MARTIN, JANE MARARIE SERAPHINA MARTIN, AND JAQUES FRANCOIS, JUSTINIAN FRANCOIS, AND ANTIONE JOSEPH SERVAIS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BENJAMIN RUGGLES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 27, 1854.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Garland and Mr. Johnson for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Bibb and Mr. Cushing, (Attorney-General,) for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in 1844, in the Circuit Court for the Missouri District, to recover sections nine and ten, and the half of sections numbers fifteen and sixteen, adjoining to nine and ten, in township thirty-eight north, range two east of the principal meridian; making 1920 acres, of which it is alleged the defendant Ruggles was in possession. The cause was tried before a jury in 1851, and a verdict rendered...

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