The State of Rhode Island v. the State of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case was before , the Court at January term, 1838. The state of Rhode Island,, in 1832, had filed a bill against the state of Massachusetts, for the settlement of the boundary bétween the two states; to which bill Mr. Webster, at January term, 1834, appeared for the defendantand on his motion, the cause was continued until the following term, when a plea and answer were filed by him, as the counsel for Massachusetts.
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THIS case was before , the Court at January term, 1838. The state of Rhode Island,, in 1832, had filed a bill against the state of Massachusetts, for the settlement of the boundary bétween the two states; to which bill Mr. Webster, at January term, 1834, appeared for the defendantand on his motion, the cause was continued until the following term, when a plea and answer were filed by him, as the counsel for Massachusetts. Before January term, 1837, the state of Rhode Island filed a replication to the plea and answer of the defendant; at the same timé giving notice of a motion to withdraw the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Chief Justice Taney
delivered the opinion of the Court.
When this case was last before the Court, Massachusetts had not made her election, whether she would continue her appearance to the suit, or withdraw it according to the leave previously granted. She has since that time made-her election, by. putting in her plea to the amended bill of the complainant; and both parties are now regularly before the Court.
' in the present stage of the case, the question is upon the sufficiency of the plea, as a bar to the relief sought by the complainant’s bill. The object of the bill is to establish the…
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