The United States v. Jonah Crosby

• Decision Date: 24 February 1812
• Citation: 3 L.Ed. 287,11 U.S. 115,7 Cranch 115
• Parties: THE UNITED STATES v. JONAH CROSBY
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

11 U.S. 115

7 Cranch 115

3 L.Ed. 287

THE UNITED STATESv.JONAH CROSBY.

February 24, 1812

THIS case is fully stated in the following opinion of this Court, which was delivered by

STORY, Justice, on the 24th of February, all the judges being present.

A writ of intrusion was brought by the United States against the Defendant in error to recover possession of an undivided part of certain land lying within the district of Maine.Upon the trial of the cause in the district Court of that district, a special verdict was found by the jury, upon which the same Court gave judgment in favor of the Defendant in error.This judgment was afterwards affirmed in the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, and is now before the Supreme Court for a final decision.

By the special verdict it appears that the claim of the United States to the land in controversy is under one Nathaniel Dowse, who derived his title, if any, from an instrument stated at large in the same verdict, and executed in his favor by one John Nelson.The instrument is without a...