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- Title: Henry Chouteau, Plaintiff in Error v. Patrick Molony
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1853
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 100 KB
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THIS case was brought up by writ of error, from the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. It was an action brought by petition, in the nature of an ejectment, by Chouteau, a citizen of Missouri, to recover seven undivided eighteenth parts of a large body of land, containing nearly one hundred and fifty thousand arpents; and including the whole city of Dubuque. Molony claimed under a patent from the United States. The documents upon which Chouteau's claim was founded are set forth in extenso in the opinion of the court; and as that opinion refers to Mr. Gallatin's report, it may be propert to give a history of the claim so that his report may be introduced. A large portion of the argument, in behalf of the plaintiff in error, consisted of reasons to show that Mr. Gallatin was mistaken. The following is the history of the case, as given by Mr. Cormick.