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RHODE ISLAND v. MASSACHUSETTS

45 U.S. 591 (1846)

4 How. 591

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Randolph and Mr. Whipple, on the part of Rhode Island, and by Mr. Choate and Mr. Webster, on the part of Massachusetts.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

We approach this case under a due sense of the dignity of the parties, and of the importance of the principles which it involves.

The jurisdiction of the court having been settled at a former term, we have now only to ascertain and determine the boundary in dispute. This, disconnected with the consequences which follow, is a simple question, differing little, if...

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