Chirac v. Lessee of Chirac
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit court for the district of Maryland. John Baptiste Chirac, a native of France, migrated into the United States, in the year 1793, and settled in Maryland. On the 22d of September, 1795, he took the oaths of citizenship, according to the form prescribed^ by an act of Assembly of the state of Maryland, passed in the year 1779, and the next day received a conveyance in fee of land lying' within that state.
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Error to the circuit court for the district of Maryland. John Baptiste Chirac, a native of France, migrated into the United States, in the year 1793, and settled in Maryland. On the 22d of September, 1795, he took the oaths of citizenship, according to the form prescribed^ by an act of Assembly of the state of Maryland, passed in the year 1779, and the next day received a conveyance in fee of land lying' within that state. On the 6th of July* 1798, he was naturalized as prescribed by the laws of the United States; and, in July, 1799, he died intestate, leaving no legitimate relations other…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
The first point, made by the plaintiff in error is, that the estate of which John Baptiste Chirac died seised was, in his lifetime, escheatable, because it was acquired before he became a citizen of the United States; the law of the state of Maryland, according to which he took the oaths of citizenship, being virtually repealed by the constitution of the United States, and the act of naturalization enacted by congress.
That the power of naturalization is Exclusively in congress does not seem to be, and certainly ought not to.be, controverted; but, it is contended, that the act of Maryland,…
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