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M`DOWELL v. PEYTON

23 U.S. 454 (____)

10 Wheat. 454

M`DOWELL v. PEYTON and others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This cause was argued by Mr. Wickliffe for the appellant, and by Mr. Talbot for the respondents.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree pronounced in the Court of the United States for the Seventh Circuit and District of Kentucky, dismissing a bill brought by the plaintiff, to obtain a conveyance for a tract of land in possession of the defendant under an elder grant, to which the plaintiff claims to have the superior equitable title. The defendant rests on his patent; and as the entry under which the plaintiff...

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