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GLENN ET AL. v. THE UNITED STATES

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54 U.S. 250 (1852)

13 How. 250

14 L.Ed. 133

JOHN GLENN AND CHARLES M. THRUSTON, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 13, 1852.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Webster and Mr. Johnson, for the appellants, and Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the United States.

Mr. Crittenden, for the United States.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

In August, 1796, James Clamorgan petitioned Colonel Delassus, then acting as commandant of the post and dependency of New Madrid, for a grant of land fronting on the Mississippi River, for many miles, and running back to the western branches of White River, including a section of country equal in area to 536,904 arpens, as was afterwards ascertained by measurement. To...

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