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LESSEE OF SCOTT AND OTHERS v. RATLIFFE AND OTHERS

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30 U.S. 81 (1831)

5 Pet. 81

8 L.Ed. 54

THE LESSEE OF ROBERT G. SCOTT, AND SUSANNAH HIS WIFE AND JAMES C. MADISON, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. SILAS RATLIFFE, THOMAS OWINGS, JOHN OWINGS AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 14, 1831.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Wickliffe for the plaintiffs in error. No counsel appeared for the defendants.

Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in favour of the defendants, in an ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in the court of the United States, for the seventh circuit, and district of Kentucky.

The plaintiffs claimed title as heirs of the Reverend James Madison, deceased, under a patent issued to him by the governor of Kentucky, on the 8th day of...

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