Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Trustees of Clarksville
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 15, 1832PublishedCited by 5 opinions
THIS case was brought before the court by a writ of error to the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of ejectment originally brought by Joseph Bartholomevv and others, trustees of the town of Clarksville, in the circuit court for the county of,Clark in the state-of .Indiana, and removed on the petition of the original defendant into the court of the United States for that district.
The parties agreed on a case in the following words:
“John Doe ex dem. Josepji Bartholomew, &c. Trustees of the Town of Clarksville v. James Hughes.
The lessors of the plaintiff derive their title to the lands in the declaration mentioned, from the state of. Virginia, by virtue of an act of the general…
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