Legal Opinion

Fussell v. Gregg

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 2, 1885No. 147PublishedCited by 49 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Galt v. Galloway, 4 Pet. 332; United States v. Stone, 2 Wall. 525; Shipp v. Miller, 2 Wheat. 316; Stephens v. McCargo, 9 Wheat. 502; The Aurora, 7 Cranch, 382; The Anne, 7 Cranch, 569; Peck v. Pease, 5 McLean, 486; Satterlee v. Matthewson, 2 Pet. 380; and the United States Land Laws. citing the acts of Congress and of Virginia relating to Virginia Military Lands in Ohio; Galt v. Galloway, 4 Pet. 332; Hart v. Cregg, 32 Ohio St. 502; Latham…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods

This was a bill in equity, -filed November 20, 1879, to establish the title of the plaintiff to, and recover the possession of, a certain tract of land in the County of Logan, in the State of Ohio, and for an account of rents and profits. Filling the many blanks left in the bill by resort to the evidence, the case made thereby was substantially as follows':

On July 19, 1822, warrant No. 6,508 for 200 acres of land was granted by the State of Virginia to the grandfather of the plaintiff, Archibald Gordon, late of Cecil County, Maryland, in consideration of his services as a private in the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Murdock v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. United States v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  4. Hipp v. BabinSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  5. Lewis v. CocksSupreme Court of the United States · 1874

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Root v. WoolworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Frost v. SpitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. O'Hara v. ParkerOregon Supreme Court · 1895
  4. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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