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STATE OF ALABAMA v. STATE OF GEORGIA

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64 U.S. 505 (1860)

23 How. 505

16 L.Ed. 556

THE STATE OF ALABAMA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 1, 1860.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The evidence in the case was all documentary. There was filed for the complainant an argument by Mr. Dargan and one by Mr. Phillips, who also argued the case orally. It was also argued orally by Mr. McDonald and Mr. Gibson. These arguments partook rather of the character of a diplomatic negotiation than a forensic dispute, and the reporter declines to attempt to abbreviate them in a law book.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves a question of boundary between the States of Alabama and Georgia.

Alabama claims that its boundary commences on the west side of the Chattahoochee river at a point where it enters the State of Florida; from thence up the river along the low-water mark, on the western side thereof, to the point on Miller's Bend, next above the place where Uchee creek empties into such river; thence in...

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