Phillips v. Payne
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This suit was brought to determine the validity of the retro-cession by Congress tó the State of Virginia of that part of the District of Columbia, as originally constituted, which was ceded by Virginia to the United States. The plaintiff in error was the plaintiff in the court below. The case upon which he relies is thus set forth in his declaration: —
In pursuance of tlie Constitution of the United States, Virginia, by an act of her legislature of Dec. 3, 1789, ceded lo the United States that part of her territory subsequently known as the county of Alexandria. Congress passed an act…
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