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WICKLIFFE v. OWINGS

58 U.S. 47 (1854)

17 How. 47

ROBERT WICKLIFFE, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS D. OWINGS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued for the appellant by Mr. Preston, and a brief was also filed upon the same side by Mr. Charles A. Wickliffe. No counsel appeared for the appellee.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff filed his bill in the circuit court of the United States for Kentucky, against Thomas Deye Owings, by which he assumes to be the owner, and in the lawful possession, of a number of tracts of land, lying in different counties of that State, which had at one time been the property of the defendant, but of which he had been legally divested, and notwithstanding...

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