(DOWNLOAD) "Richard R. Keene, Plaintiff in Error v. John Mcdonough" by United States Supreme Court " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Richard R. Keene, Plaintiff in Error v. John Mcdonough
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1834
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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The writ of error in this case, brings up the record of a judgment rendered against the plaintiff in error, in the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The plaintiff, according to the course of proceedings in that state, presented his petition to the court, stating, that on the 22d of May 1803, in virtue of a lawful purchase at public sale, duly and legally made by Don Carlos de Grand Pre, governor of the post and establishment of Baton Rouge, he became the owner and proprietor of a tract of land, appertaining to the 'testamentaria,' or successor of the deceased Poussett, particularly describing the same, (being the land in question) and annexing to his petition the document or adjudication, by which he alleges that the title to the land was vested in him, of which he was never thereafter legally divested, as he alleges. A plea to the jurisdiction of the court was interposed by the defendant, alleging that the plaintiff was a citizen of Louisiana, of which state the defendant was also a citizen. Upon the trial of the issue joined upon this plea, the jury found that the plaintiff was not a citizen of the state of Louisiana.