Legal Opinion
Kirk v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 14, 1829PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
22 U.S. 241 (1824)
9 Wheat. 241
KIRK and others, Plaintiffs in Error,
v.
SMITH, ex. dem. PENN, Defendant in Error.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 14, 1829.
February 5, 1824.
The cause was argued by Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster for the plaintiffs in error, and by the Attorney General and Mr. Sergeant for the defendants in error.
2Opinion of the Court · MarshallChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania, in favour of Penn's lessee, who was plaintiff in a writ of ejectment. The case depends on a bill of exceptions taken to the opinion of the Court, expressed in a charge to…
3Cases cited5 opinions
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- Alexander and Other v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Kirk and Others, in Error v. Smith, Ex. Dem. Penn, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
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