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VIDAL ET AL. v. GIRARD'S EXECUTORS

43 U.S. 127 (____)

2 How. 127

FRANCOIS FENELON VIDAL, JOHN F. GIRARD, AND OTHERS, CITIZENS AND SUBJECTS OF THE MONARCHY OF FRANCE, AND HENRY STUMP, COMPLAINANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA, THE EXECUTORS OF STEPHEN GIRARD, AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones and Webster, for the appellants, who were also the complainants below.

Binney and Sergeant, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the court.

This cause has been argued with great learning and ability. Many topics have been discussed in the arguments, as illustrative of the principal grounds of controversy, with elaborate care, upon which, however, in the view which we have taken of the merits of the cause, it is not necessary for us to express any opinion, nor even to allude to their bearing or application....

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