State of Florida v. State of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
In 11 How. 293, it is reported that the State of Florida filed a bill in this court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, against the State of Georgia to establish a boundary between them. The State of Georgia answered, and other proceedings were.had ; but the case was not yet at issue, nor was all the testimony taken upon which the parties proposed to rely.
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In 11 How. 293, it is reported that the State of Florida filed a bill in this court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, against the State of Georgia to establish a boundary between them. The State of Georgia answered, and other proceedings were.had ; but the case was not yet at issue, nor was all the testimony taken upon which the parties proposed to rely. At the present term, the attorney-general appeared in court and filed the following information, moving at the same time for leave to intervene on behalf of the United States for the reasons stated in the information. Now, on…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The court proceed to dispose of the motion made by the attorney-general for-leave to be heard on behalf of the United States, in the suit between the State of Florida and the State of Georgia.
*491It appears that the boundary line between these two States is in controversy, and a bill has been filed in this court by the State of Florida to ascertain and establish it.
The attorney-general has filed an information, stating that the United States are interested in the settlement of this line; that the territory in dispute contains upwards of one million two hundred thousand acres of land, and was…
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