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WALDEN v. THE HEIRS OF GRATZ

14 U.S. 292 (1816)

1 Wheat. 292

WALDEN v. THE HEIRS OF GRATZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 18, 1816.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin, for the plaintiff in error, and defendant in ejectment.

Hughes and Talbot, contra.

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

The act of assembly, on which the opinion of the court below, on the first question, was given, is entitled, "An act concerning champerty and maintenance." In enacts, "that no person purchasing, or procuring an interest in any legal or equitable claim to land held, &c., shall...

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