MATSON v. HORD


14 U.S. 130 (1816)

1 Wheat. 130

MATSON v. HORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 5, 1816.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This cause was argued by Hughes and Talbot, for the appellants, and Hardin, for the respondents.


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

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Kentucky, by which the plaintiff's bill was dismissed.

The object of the suit is to enjoin the proceedings of the defendant at law, and to obtain from him a conveyance for so much of the land contained in his patent as interferes with the entry and survey made by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff...

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