Legal Opinion

Marshall v. Vicksburg

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1873PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, on a decree given by that court on a bill filed ' by Charles Marshall against the city of Vicksburg. The facts of the case can be gathered from different parts of the opinion given below.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne

On the 2.1st of November, 1851, the parties mutually executed an indenture, whereby Marshall conveyed to the city certain real estate therein described, and the city released to him certain other real estate also therein described. The premises conveyed to the city, embraced the city landing for steamers and other water-craft on the Mississippi River. It was stipulated that Marshall should receive all the wharfages and rents accruing from the premises conveyed by him from the date of the instrument, and for the term of ten years, to commence three months after the removal of a wharf-boat…

2Cited by42 opinions

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