Hickie v. Starke
Supreme Court of the United States
IN the Supreme Court of the county of Adams, in the state of Mississippi, the appellees filed a bill in chancery against the appellants; which, according to the laws of the state, was transferred tq the Supreme Court, where judgment was given for the . complainants. t The- purpose of the bill was to obtain a conveyance of a tract of .land, containing 2000 acres; for which Robert Starke, in 1791, under whom the complainants claimed, obtained an order of survey from the…
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IN the Supreme Court of the county of Adams, in the state of Mississippi, the appellees filed a bill in chancery against the appellants; which, according to the laws of the state, was transferred tq the Supreme Court, where judgment was given for the . complainants. t The- purpose of the bill was to obtain a conveyance of a tract of .land, containing 2000 acres; for which Robert Starke, in 1791, under whom the complainants claimed, obtained an order of survey from the Governor-General of Louisiana, which order wás executed by the deputy surveyor,' and of which land he afterwards took…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error, to a decree pronounced in the Court of the last resort, in the state of Mississippi, directing the. plaintiffs in error, to convey to the defendants, a certain tract of land,-in the said proceedings mentioned. The plaintiffs in error allege, that their title Was secured by the compact entered into between the United States and Georgia, for the ces*98sion of the country in which the land lies; and that this decree is in violation of that compact. The defendants insist, that the compact between the United States and Georgia, was not called into question;.and that the 25th…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Henderson v. Poindexter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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- Philip Hickie v. Alexander B. StarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1828