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M'CLUNG v. SILLIMAN

19 U.S. 598 (1821)

6 Wheat. 598

M'CLUNG v. SILLIMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 16, 1821.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. Harper, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Doddridge, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents no ordinary group of legal questions. They exhibit a striking specimen of the involutions which ingenuity may cast about legal rights, and an instance of the growing pretensions of some of the State Courts over the exercise of the powers of the general government.

The plaintiff in error, who was also the plaintiff below, supposes himself entitled...

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