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DAWSON'S LESSEE v. GODFREY

8 U.S. 321 (____)

4 Cranch 321

DAWSON'S LESSEE v. GODFREY.

Supreme Court of United States.

JOHNSON, J.* delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

This case rests upon the single question, Whether a subject of Great Britain, born before the declaration of independence, can now inherit lands in this country? The general doctrine is admitted, that in the state of Maryland, in which the land lies, an alien cannot take by descent; but it is contended, upon the doctrine laid down in Calvin...

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