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PHILLIPS v. PAYNE

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92 U.S. 130 (1876)

23 L.Ed. 649

PHILLIPS, v. PAYNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 17, 1876.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Willoughby and Mr. S. Shellabarger for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.T. Daniel, contra.

MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought to determine the validity of the retrocession by Congress to the State of Virginia of that part of the District of Columbia, as originally constituted, which was ceded by Virginia to the United States. The plaintiff in error was the plaintiff in the court below. The case upon which he relies is thus set forth in his declaration:—

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