MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:
The act of assembly, on which the opinion of the court below, on the first question, was given, is entitled, "An act concerning champerty and maintenance." In enacts, "that no person purchasing, or
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