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FINLEY v. WILLIAMS & OTHERS

13 U.S. 164 (1815)

9 Cranch 164

FINLEY v. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 28, 1815.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by POPE, for the Appellants, and CLAY, for the Appellees.

... TODD,

MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

This cause depends on the land law of Virginia, which is also the land law of Kentucky, that state having formed a part of Virginia when the act was passed in which the titles of both Plaintiff and Defendant originated. Both parties claim the land in controversy by virtue of improvements made previous to the first day of January, 1778, which improvements were recognized by the act generally termed...

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