SHEARMAN
v.
IRVINE'S LESSEE

U.S. | 1808-02-01
4 Cranch 367 Supreme Court of the United States (1808) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 2 L. Ed. 649 · SCDB 1807-031 · 1807 U.S. LEXIS 393
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Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.

Marshall, Ch. J.

The error alleged is founded on a construction of the act of Georgia, which this court thinks is totally inadmissible. How such an opinion could have been entertained, is unaccountable. There is no foundation for it.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.

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