Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2 ;Volume 27Published for John Conrad and Company, 1851 |
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... Oconee river , since called the Appalachie , bearing date the 24th day of May , 1787 , and deduced his title to the disputed premises regularly from the grantee . On the part of the defendants , it was contended that this grant was void ...
... Oconee river , since called the Appalachie , bearing date the 24th day of May , 1787 , and deduced his title to the disputed premises regularly from the grantee . On the part of the defendants , it was contended that this grant was void ...
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... Oconee river , known as the Appalachie , runs through the land described by the grant and plat aforesaid , under which the plaintiff derives title ; and that all the lands within the said grant , which are in possession of the de ...
... Oconee river , known as the Appalachie , runs through the land described by the grant and plat aforesaid , under which the plaintiff derives title ; and that all the lands within the said grant , which are in possession of the de ...
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... Oconee river . And , thereupon , the said counsel for the plaintiff moved the Court to instruct the jury , that , upon the afore- said evidence , if the jury believed the same , the plaintiff was , by law , entitled to recover the ...
... Oconee river . And , thereupon , the said counsel for the plaintiff moved the Court to instruct the jury , that , upon the afore- said evidence , if the jury believed the same , the plaintiff was , by law , entitled to recover the ...
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... river , thence to the top of the Currohee mountain , thence to the head of the most southern branch of the Oconee river , including all the waters of the same ; thence down the said river to the old line . The same boundary is ...
... river , thence to the top of the Currohee mountain , thence to the head of the most southern branch of the Oconee river , including all the waters of the same ; thence down the said river to the old line . The same boundary is ...
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... Oconee river , " contained in the plat , mean the south fork of the Oconee itself , or the Appalachie river , the grant is void on its face ; as the survey and grant are in direct violation of the statutes of the state . 4. That waters ...
... Oconee river , " contained in the plat , mean the south fork of the Oconee itself , or the Appalachie river , the grant is void on its face ; as the survey and grant are in direct violation of the statutes of the state . 4. That waters ...
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Page 223 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 354 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question...
Page 209 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French republic, in virtue of the above mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Page 114 - The common law of England is not to be taken, in all respects, to be that of America. Our ancestors brought with them its general principles, and claimed it as their birthright; but they brought with them and adopted only that portion which was applicable to their condition.
Page 240 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 198 - If Congress had passed any Act which bore upon the case, any Act in execution of the power to regulate commerce, the object of which was to control state legislation over those small navigable creeks into which the tide flows, and which abound throughout the lower country of the middle and southern States, we should feel not much difficulty in saying that a state law coming in conflict with such Act would be void. But Congress has passed no such Act.
Page 241 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 215 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.