Shanks v. Dupont
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a writ of error from the supreme court of.appeals in law and equity, in and for the state of South Carolina, ^ The suit arose out of a partition of a tract of land in the state of South Carolina; the. right of the plaintiffs in..error to a moiety having been denied on the ground of their alienage, and their consequent incapacity to inherit the same.
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THIS was a writ of error from the supreme court of.appeals in law and equity, in and for the state of South Carolina, ^ The suit arose out of a partition of a tract of land in the state of South Carolina; the. right of the plaintiffs in..error to a moiety having been denied on the ground of their alienage, and their consequent incapacity to inherit the same. The case was argued at January term 1829, by Mr Cruger and Mr Wirt for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Legaré for the defendants; and was held under advisement to this term. The facts of the case aré fully stated in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This was a Writ , of error to the highest court of appeals in *244law and equity of the state of South Carolina; brought to revise the decision of that court, in a bill or petition in equity, in which the presen^ defendants were original plaintiffs, and tho present plaintiffs were original defendants. From the record of the case it appeared that the controversy before the court respected the right to the moiety of the proceeds of a certain tract of land, which had been sold under a former decree in equity, and the proceeds of which had been brought into the registry of the court. One moiety of…
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