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VILLALOBOS ET AL. v. THE UNITED STATES

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51 U.S. 541 (1851)

10 How. 541

13 L.Ed. 531

JOSÉ ARGOTE VILLALOBOS, MARIE ROSE, AND FRANÇOIS FELIX, MARQUIS DE FOUGERES, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 16, 1851.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Yulee and Mr. Berrien, for the appellants, and by Mr. Crittenden, Attorney-General, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

In October, 1817, Coppinger, Governor of Florida, was applied to by Villalobos for leave to build a saw-mill on Trout Creek, at a proper site for a mill there existing; with a corresponding right to five miles square of land, or an equivalent, for a competent supply of timber; on which application the Governor decreed as follows: —

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