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SOCIETY, &C. v. NEW-HAVEN

21 U.S. 464 (____)

8 Wheat. 464

THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS v. THE TOWN OF NEW-HAVEN, AND WILLIAM WHEELER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued at the last term by Mr. Hopkinson, for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Webster, for the defendants.

Mr. Webster, contra.

Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows:

It has been contended by the counsel for the defendants,

1st. That the capacity of the plaintiffs, as a corporation, to hold lands in Vermont, ceased by, and as a consequence of, the revolution.

2dly. That the society being, in its politic capacity, a foreign corporation, it is incapable of holding...

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