In the case of Allen v. Arguimbau in 1904, the U.S Supreme Court ruled on a dispute over land ownership in Florida. The plaintiff, Allen, claimed that he had purchased a piece of property from an individual who had received it as part of a Spanish land grant before Florida became part of the United States. However, this was disputed by Arguimbau and others who argued that they were rightful owners due to their purchase from another party claiming original ownership under Spanish rule. The court decided in favor of Arguimbau and his associates based on evidence showing that their claimant's title dated back further than Allen's claimant’s title did. Furthermore, it was established during trial proceedings that there were significant doubts about whether or not Allen's seller ever legally owned the property at all.

The dissenting opinion in Allen v. Arguimbau was not provided in the available documentation of this 1904 Supreme Court case. The court's decision, which ruled that a Florida statute did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing for different methods of foreclosure based on where property is located within the state, does not include any recorded dissents from justices who disagreed with this ruling.