CHIRAC v. CHIRAC


15 U.S. 259 (1817)

2 Wheat. 259

J.C.F. CHIRAC v. the Lessee of A.F. CHIRAC et. al.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 11, 1817.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harper, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Winder and Mr. Mercer, contra.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the court.

The first point made by the plaintiff in error is, that the estate of which John Baptiste Chirac died seised was, in his lifetime, escheatable, because it was acquired before he became a citizen of the United States; the law of the state of Maryland, according to which he took the oaths of citizenship, being virtually repealed by the constitution of the United...

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