Legal Opinion
Griffith v. Frazier
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 15, 1814PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
12 U.S. 9 (1814)
8 Cranch 9
GRIFFITH
v.
FRAZIER.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 9, 1814.
Present... . . All the Judges.
Absent. ... WASHINGTON, J.
HARPER, for the Plaintiff in error.
JONES, contra.
PINKNEY, Attorney General, same side.
2Opinion of the Court · MarshallMarshall, C.J.
The Plaintiff in error, who was also Plaintiff in the Circuit Court, brought a writ of trespass quare clausum fregit, in order to try his title to certain lands, lying in the district of South Carolina, which were in possession of the Defendant.
The title of the Plaintiff, which constituted the sole question in the cause, appeared, on the trial, to be as follows:
Jo…
3Cited by110 opinions
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