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CITY OF ST. LOUIS V. UNITED STATES, 92 U. S. 462 (1875)
92 U. S. 462U.S. Supreme Court
City of St. Louis v. United States, 92 U.S. 462 (1875)
City of St. Louis v. United States
92 U.S. 462
Syllabus
The deed of conveyance executed to the United States on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1854, by the City of Carondelet, of a part of the commons of Carondelet upon which Jefferson Barracks are situate, having been based upon an equitable compromise of a long-pending and doubtful question of title, is valid.