M`KEAN, Chief Justice:
It is essential to private justice and to public peace and order, that the rules of property, as well as of the other objects of society, should be settled and promulged. Wretched, indeed, is the condition of that people, where the law is either uncertain, or unknown.
In the present cause, it appears, that, in the year 1767, Hugh Mc Curdy, the plaintiff, having obtained a location for 200 acres, desired that a survey might be...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
- Updated daily.
- Uncompromising quality.
- Complete, Accurate, Current.