Rhode Island v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case was before the Court, at -January, term, 1838? 12 Peters, 657; and again, at'January term, 1840, 14 Peters, 210. A bill was filed in the Supreme Court, on the 16th of March, 1832, by the state of Rhode. Island, and Providence Plantation, asking the Court to settle thé boundary between that state and the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Webster appeared for the commonwealth of Massachu-. setts.
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THIS case was before the Court, at -January, term, 1838? 12 Peters, 657; and again, at'January term, 1840, 14 Peters, 210. A bill was filed in the Supreme Court, on the 16th of March, 1832, by the state of Rhode. Island, and Providence Plantation, asking the Court to settle thé boundary between that state and the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Webster appeared for the commonwealth of Massachu-. setts. After various proceedings in the case, a plea and answer to the bill of the state of Rhode Island were filed by the commonwealth of Massachusetts; and, at January term, 1838, Mr. Webster,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The attention of the Court has on several occasions been drawn to' this case by the important questions which have arisen in different . stages of the proceedings. At the last term, it came before us upon a plea in bar to the complainant’s bill, which upon the motion of the complainant had been set down for argument.
This part of the case is reported in 14 Peters, 210, where the allegations contained in the bill are so fully set out that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. The Court having overruled the' plea for the reasons stated in the report of the case, the defendant has since…
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