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HIGGINSON v. MEIN

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8 U.S. 415 (1808)

4 Cranch 415

2 L.Ed. 664

HIGGINSON, v. MEIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 14, 1808.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.B. Key, for the appellant.

Harper, contra.

P.B. Key, in reply.

MARSHALL, Ch. J. after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the court as follows:

It is contended on the part of the purchaser,

1st. That the lands are exonerated from the mortgage by the confiscation and sale thereof made by the state of Georgia.

2d. That they are exonerated by the length of time which has intervened since that confiscation and sale, during which an adverse possession has...

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