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M`IVER'S LESSEE v. WALKER AND ANOTHER

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13 U.S. 173 (1815)

9 Cranch 173

3 L.Ed. 694

M`IVER'S LESSEE, v. WALKER AND ANOTHER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 1, 1815.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SWANN, for the Plaintiff in error.

JONES, contra.

. . . . TODD,

MARSHALL, Ch. J. after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

"It is undoubtedly the practice of surveyors, and the practice was proved in this cause, to express in their plats and certificates of survey, the courses which are designated by the needle; and if nothing exists to control the call for course and distance, the land must be bounded by the courses and distances of the patent...

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