Martin v. Lessee of Waddell
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error- to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey. The defendant in .'error, the lessee of William C. H. Waddell, instituted, to, April term, 1835, in the Circuit Court of the'United States for the district of New Jersey, abaction, of ejectment, against Merrit Martin.and others, for the recovery of certain land covered with Water, situated ih the Raritan bay, below high-water mark; in the state of New Jersey.
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IN error- to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey. The defendant in .'error, the lessee of William C. H. Waddell, instituted, to, April term, 1835, in the Circuit Court of the'United States for the district of New Jersey, abaction, of ejectment, against Merrit Martin.and others, for the recovery of certain land covered with Water, situated ih the Raritan bay, below high-water mark; in the state of New Jersey. The defendants appeared to the suit; and at April term,. Í837, the causé was tried by a jury, who found a special'verdictj on which' judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This cáse -is brought here by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United.States, for the district of. New Jer-sey. It was fully argued at the last term. But it was not then decided, *407because the important principles involved in -it, made.it proper that the case should be heard and determined bv a full Court; and as some of the justiceS'Weie not present at the former hear-mg, á re-argument was ordered; In- pursuance of'this oidef, it has been again elaborately discussed by ’counsel s and having beeii carefully considered bythe Court,;! am instructed to deliver their opinion. ■
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