Legal Opinion
Smith v. McIver
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1824PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
22 U.S. 532 (1824)
9 Wheat. 532
SMITH
v.
M`IVER.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 10, 1824.
February 20, 1824.
This cause was argued by Mr. Eaton, and Mr. Isaacks,[a] for the appellants; and by Mr. White, and Mr. Spaten,[b] for the respondents.
2Opinion of the Court · MarshallChief Justice Marshall
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Tennessee, dismissing the plaintiff's bill.
The bill states, that the plaintiff had made several entries for small tracts of land within the district, for which he had obtained patents. That the defendant, John M`Iver, claiming title to the same land, under…
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