Supreme Court of the United States February 27, 1860 (BERTHOLD v. McDONALD)

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Mr. Justice CATRON

delivered the opinion of the court.

TÍhe board of commissioners, sitting at St. Louis to examine claims to lands,' according to the act of March Sd, 1807, confirmed to Charles Gratiot, assignee of Jeannette Flore, two arpens in front, by forty back, lying in the Prairie des Noyers, near to St. Louis. This common field, lot had been designated by survey, and was well known.