Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case is brought here by a writ of error from the Supreme Court of Alabama. The plaintiffs claim title under an act of Congress, and the decision of the State Court was against the title; which, under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act, gives jurisdiction to this Court.
The plaintiffs brought their action of trespass to try the title to a lot of ground in the city of Mobile, bounded as follows...
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