MARSHALL, Ch. J. after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
The first exception is to the admission of the grant set up by the Defendants in bar of the Plaintiff's title. This objection alleges the grant to be absolutely void for three causes.
The first is,
That no grant could lawfully issue for the quantity of land expressed in this patent.
If this objection be well founded, it will be conclusive. Its correctness...
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