SIMMS v. GUTHRIE & AL.


13 U.S. 19 (1815)

9 Cranch 19

SIMMS v. GUTHRIE AND AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 14, 1815.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SWANN, for the Plaintiff in error.

JONES, contra.

... . JOHNSON, TODD,


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

The first error assigned is that the entry and survey of the Plaintiff in error being prior to the claim made by Ash before the Court of commissioners, gave him a legal right to the land so entered and surveyed, not to be affected by the subsequent claim of Ash.

The words of the act of assembly are, "That all...

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