Brown v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of New-York. This suit was brought in consequence of the decision of this Court in the case of Brown v. Gilman, and for the general history of the facts, reference was made to that case. The bill charged, that on the 13th of.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of New-York. This suit was brought in consequence of the decision of this Court in the case of Brown v. Gilman, and for the general history of the facts, reference was made to that case. The bill charged, that on the 13th of. January, 1795, the State of Georgia was seised in fee of. a certain territory within the boundaries of said State, &tc. estimated to contain 11,330,000 acres, and bounded, &c;; that on the same day, by force of an. act pf the legislature of said State, passed on the 7th of January, 1795, George Matthews, the Governor, by letters patent,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Livingston
delivered the opinipn of the Court.
This suit was commenced in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New-York, where a decree, proforma, was pronounced dismissing the bill, from which sentence the present appeal is taken.
From the very great and unusual length of the appellants’ bill, and the generality of its prayer, which points to no particular relief, it is not easy to say to what extent they originally contemplated a decree against the respondent.
The material facts of this case are the same with those in the case of Brown v. Gilman, (A Wheat. Rep. 255.) In addition to the detail…
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- Brown v. GilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
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