STEVENSON v. SULLIVANT


18 U.S. 96 (____)

5 Wheat. 96

STEVENSON'S Heirs v. SULLIVANT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

February 18th. Brush, for the appellants.


March 4th, 1820. WASHINGTON, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is admitted by the counsel on both sides, in their argument, with which the opinion of the court coincides, that Hugh Stephenson, though the meritorious cause of the grant of this land, never took any interest therein, but that the right to the same vested in his son Richard, to whom the warrants issued, as the first purchaser. It is further admitted...

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