Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1843
City of Mobile v. Emanuel - 42 U.S. 95 (1843) U.S. Supreme Court City of Mobile v. Emanuel, 42 U.S. 1 How. 95 95 (1843) City of Mobile v. Emanuel 42 U.S. (1 How.) 95 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA Syllabus The case of City of Mobile v. Hallett, 16 Pet. 261, examined and confirmed. Under the exception contained in the Act of Congress of 1824, no title passed to the City of Mobile where the land was in the possession of a party claiming to hold it under a Spanish grant which had been confirmed by the United States. The facts in the case were these: On 26 September, 1807, the Spanish governor of Florida granted to John Forbes a tract of land immediately adjacent to what is now the City of Mobile and indeed constituting a part of it. The grant was founded upon and confirmatory of an older one issued to Richardson in 1767, by the British government, then in possession of the country. The land was upon the west side of the River Mobile. In the document issue...
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