Division of Spanish claim not allowed in the district court.
September, 8, 1846.
— Petition to. confirm and divide a Spanish claim, under the act of 26th May, 1824, (4 Stat. 52,) in the District Court of Arkansas, before the Hon. Benjamin Johnson, district judge. .
L. Janin, S. L. Johnson, and A. Fowler, for petitioners.
S. H. Hempstead, district attorney, for the United States.
Johnson, J.,
said, this case was like the oue of A. Waldo Putnam, just decided, except that the grant asked to be divided was made to William Winter, whose heirs are seeking a confirmation thereof in this court; and that the same principles applying, the petition in this case should be dismissed.
Petition dismissed.
On the 31st October, 1846, a motion was made for reconsideration, but was denied.