HARDEN v. FISHER

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14 U.S. 300 (1816)

1 Wheat. 300

4 L.Ed. 96

HARDEN, v. FISHER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 15, 1816.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was argued, with great learning and ability, by Hoffman, for the plaintiff in error, and defendant in ejectment, and by Stocklon, for the defendants in error, and plaintiffs in ejectment. But, as the court gave no judgment upon the points discussed, the argument has been omitted.


MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment, brought by the defendants in error, in the circuit court for the district of New-York, to recover certain lands, which they claim as the heirs of Donald Fisher, deceased. A special verdict was found in the case, which shows that Donald Fisher was a British subject, residing in the city of New-York, and departed this life in the year 1798, leaving the lessors of the plaintiffs in...

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