THE UNITED STATES v. TURNER ET AL.

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52 U.S. 663 (1851)

11 How. 663

13 L.Ed. 857

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. SARAH TURNER, THE WIFE OF JARED D. TYLER, WHO IS AUTHORIZED AND ASSISTED HEREIN BY HER SAID HUSBAND; ELIZA TURNER, WIFE OF JOHN A. QUITMAN, WHO IS IN LIKE MANNER AUTHORIZED AND ASSISTED BY HER SAID HUSBAND; HENRY TURNER, AND GEORGE W. TURNER, HÈIRS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF HENRY TURNER, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 21, 1851.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted by Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the United States.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The proceedings were instituted by the appellees against the United States, according to the acts of Congress of May 26, 1824, and June 17, 1844; and they claim title to a parcel of land in the State of Louisiana, under an instrument of writing executed by the Baron de Carondelet, on the 20th of June...

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