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LAING v. RIGNEY

No. 79.

160 U.S. 531 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 366

40 L.Ed. 525

LAING, v. RIGNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Hamilton Wallis, for defendant in error, submitted on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Federal question presented by this record is whether the judgment of the New York courts, in dismissing plaintiff's complaint, which sought to enforce a final decree of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, gave due effect to the provisions of Article IV of the Constitution of the United States, which require that full faith and credit shall...

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