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LITTLEPAGE v. FOWLER

24 U.S. 215 (____)

11 Wheat. 215

LITTLEPAGE against FOWLER and Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. Bibb, for the appellant,a and by Mr. Talbot, for the respondent.b

Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause comes up by appeal from the Circuit Court of Kentucky, in which the appellant filed his bill to compel the defendants to convey to him 20,000 acres of land in right of a prior entry. The defendants, having obtained the prior patent, relied upon their prior legal rights; and, on the hearing below, the bill was dismissed. The entry on which the complainants relied was in these words:

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