Marshall v. . Lovelass

The argument of this cause has been conducted in a manner which reflects much honor upon the candor and liberality of the counsel concerned, while it attests in an equal degree their learning and diligent research. The general principles involved in (448) this case are unquestionably of the first importance, derived not merely from the value of the subject in dispute, which, however, is very considerable, but principally from the influence a decision of them must necessarily have, in ascertaining the law of the State, upon points hitherto undecided. It is on this account that my opinion, on…