Howard v. Ingersoll
Supreme Court of the United States
These two cases were argued and decided together. The suits related to the same tract of land and the rights of the same parties, although they came iip from . different' States. The first, which-is referred to in the opinion of the court as No. 121, was an action on the case brought by Ingersoll in the Circuit Court of Alabama (State court) to. recover damages for the wrongful obstruction, by Howard, of the.
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These two cases were argued and decided together. The suits related to the same tract of land and the rights of the same parties, although they came iip from . different' States. The first, which-is referred to in the opinion of the court as No. 121, was an action on the case brought by Ingersoll in the Circuit Court of Alabama (State court) to. recover damages for the wrongful obstruction, by Howard, of the. Chattahoochee River, whereby the waters of that stream were backed in such a manner as to overflow Ingersoll’s land and obstruct the use of his mill. This mill was built between the high…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
The point for decision in these cases is one of boundary, between the States of Georgia and Alabama. It is, what is the line of Georgia on the western bank pf the Chattahoochee River, from the 31st deg. north latitude, “ where the -same crosses the boundary-line between the' United States and Spain; running thence up the said River Chattahoochee, and along the western bank, thereof, to the great bend thereof, next above'the place where a certain creek or river called ‘ Uehee,’ (being the first considerable, stream on the western side, abové the Cussetas and Coweta towns,) empties into the…
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