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OWINGS v. SPEED

18 U.S. 192 (____)

5 Wheat. 192

OWINGS v. SPEED et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

March 13th, 1820. This cause was argued by B. Hardin, for the defendants; no counsel appearing for the plaintiff.

March 16th. MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, to recover a lot of ground lying in Bardstown. *This town was laid off in 1780, on a tract of land, consisting [*421 of 1000 acres, for which, in 1785, a patent was issued by the commonwealth of Virginia to Bard and Owings. In 1788, the legislature...

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