Campbell v. Gordon and Wife
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS .was an appeal from-a decree of the circuit' court for the. district of Virginia, dismissing the bill of the complainant.. ' case was stated by Washington, J. in deliver- . ■; J c n • ' íqg me opinion pi this court, as. lollows: .‘‘The.pbjectof the hill.was,to rescind a contract macle between .the appellant and Robert Gordon, the appellee,;.for the sale of a tract, of land by the latter' to the. former, upon-thp ground óf.a defect of .title.
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THIS .was an appeal from-a decree of the circuit' court for the. district of Virginia, dismissing the bill of the complainant.. ' case was stated by Washington, J. in deliver- . ■; J c n • ' íqg me opinion pi this court, as. lollows: .‘‘The.pbjectof the hill.was,to rescind a contract macle between .the appellant and Robert Gordon, the appellee,;.for the sale of a tract, of land by the latter' to the. former, upon-thp ground óf.a defect of .title. The facts in the-case, which are not disputed, appear to be as follows. The land which forms -the subject of dis-Pute. belonged to James Currie, a…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, J.
The title of -the appellees to the land in question being disputed only upon the ground of- the alienage of, the female appellee, the court take it for granted that there is no other objection to its validity. It is contended, by .the counsel for. the appellant, that Ja-, netta,.whó claims as heir to James Currie, is an alien, inasmuch as' she has, by no act-of'her. ovijn, entitled . herself to the rights and privileges of a citizen, and cannot claim those rights in virtue of her migration' to the United States, and of any acts performed by her father. First, because her father was not duly…
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