PERKINS v. RAMSEY

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18 U.S. 269 (1820)

5 Wheat. 269

5 L.Ed. 84

PERKINS et al., v. RAMSEY et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 6, 1820.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. B. Hardin, for the appellants, and by Mr. Trimble, for the respondents.


Mr. Justice TODD delivered the opinion of the Perkins Court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the seventh Circuit Court in the district of Kentucky, and is a controversy between conflicting claims to land originating under the land law of Virginia.

The respondents relying on their elder legal titles, and denying the validity of the entries, under which the appellants derive their titles, it is necessary to examine...

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