State of Alabama v. State of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a case of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, under tbat article in the Constitution which confers jurisdiction over controversies between two or more States.
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This was a case of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, under tbat article in the Constitution which confers jurisdiction over controversies between two or more States. The State of Alabama filed her bill in this court at December term, 1855. After stating the compact of 1802 between the United . States and Georgia, the bill stated the claim- of Alabama as follows: The complainant further states, that this line can only be ascertained with certainty and accuracy by a jiist and proper construction of the agreement and cession aforesaid, made and entered into as aforesaid by and between…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
delivered tnc opinion of the court.
This case involves a question of boundary between the States of Alabania and Georgia.
Alabama claims that its boundary commences on the west side of the Chattahoochee river at a point where it enters the State of Florida; from thence up the river along the low-water mark, on the western side thereof, to the point on Miller’s Bend, next above the place where Uchee creek empties into such river; thence in a line to Nickajack, on Tennessee river
Georgia denies that the line intended by the cession of her western territory to the United States runs along the usual…
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