PRESTON v. BROWDER


14 U.S. 115 (1816)

1 Wheat. 115

PRESTON v. BROWDER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 4, 1816.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Key, for the plaintiff in error.

Pickens and Jones, contra.


TODD, J., delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:

The question now to be decided by the court is, whether the charge and instructions required by the plaintiff's counsel ought to have been given, and whether the one given was correct.

In the construction of the statutory or local laws of a state, it is frequently necessary to recur to the history and situation of the...

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