Fulton v. McAffee
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to.the High Court of Errors and Appeals, of the state of Mississippi. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought, up by-writ of error from the High Court of Appeals of the state of Mississippi. A motion was made at the last term to dismiss the case, upon the ground that this Court has not jurisdiction under the twenty-fifth section of the act of 1789; hut the argument upon the- motion was not heard until about the elose of the session, when many other cases were pressing upon the attention of the Court; and it was therefore held under advisement until the present term.
It appears that an action of ejectment was brought for certain .lands in the state of Mississippi, by Morgan…
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