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SIMS LESSEE v. IRVINE

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3 U.S. 425 (1799)

3 Dall. 425

1 L.Ed. 665

SIM'S Lessee, v. IRVINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 19, 1799.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Counsel for the lessor of the plaintiff answered the objections to his title, and to his remedy, under the following general considerations:

The CHIEF JUSTICE, on the last day of the term, delivered the opinion of the court as follows:

ELLSWORTH, Chief Justice. —

It appears that William Douglass, for services rendered, acquired under the King's Proclamation of 1763, a right to 5000 acres of unappropriated land in America; which right he assigned to Charles Sims, the lessor of the Plaintiff below. And although by the terms of the proclamation, the...

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