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GILMER v. POINDEXTER

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51 U.S. 257 (1851)

10 How. 257

13 L.Ed. 411

JAMES B. GILMER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE POINDEXTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 15, 1851.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A writ of error, sued out by Gilmer, brought the case up to this court. It was argued by Mr. Badger, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Coxe and Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louitiana.

The defendant in error instituted a petitory action in the court just mentioned, to recover certain lands in Louisiana in the possession of James B. Gilmer, the plaintiff in error.

The petition of Poindexter sets forth, that by an act of Congress...

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