Supreme Court of the United States May 28, 1850 (Loftin Cotton, in Error v. The United States)

Mr. Justice NELSON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a motion on the part of the Attorney-General, to dismiss the writ of error for the want of jurisdiction.

The suit was brought by the United States against the defendant in the Superior Court of the District, of West Florida, in the late Territory pf Florida, for a trespass on government lands.