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THE LESSEE OF BREWER v. BLOUGHER

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39 U.S. 178 (1840)

14 Pet. 178

10 L.Ed. 408

THE LESSEE OF HENRY BREWER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, vs. JACOB BLOUGHER AND DANIEL BLOUGHER, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 25, 1840.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Pigman, for the plaintiff.

Mr. Price, for the defendants in error.

Mr. Mayer, for the plaintiff in error.

The Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case depends upon the construction of the act of Assembly of Maryland, passed at December session, 1825, ch. 156, entitled, "An act relating to Illegitimate Children." By this act of Assembly, "the illegitimate child or children of any female, and the issue of any such child or children," are declared to be incapable in law "to take and inherit both real and...

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