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THE UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

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54 U.S. 1 (1852)

13 How. 1

14 L.Ed. 25

THE UNITED STATES, Appellants, v. JOSEPH HUGHES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 24, 1852.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the United States, and by Messrs. Janin and Taylor, for the appellee.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The plaintiff, Hughes, in the court below, filed a petition, founded upon a Spanish claim, under the act of 17th of June, 1844, which revived the act of 26th of May, 1824, for the purpose of recovering a tract of sixteen hundred arpents of land, situate in Louisiana, on the Atchafalaya river, near where the Point...

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