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HAWKINS ET AL. v. BARNEY'S LESSEE

30 U.S. 457 (____)

5 Pet. 457

JOHN HAWKINS AND WILLIAM MAY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. JOSHUA BARNEY'S LESSEE, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Wickliffe for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr Jones for the defendant.

Mr Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court; Mr Justice BALDWIN dissenting.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Kentucky, brought to reverse the decision of that court on a bill of exceptions.

The suit was ejectment, by Barney, brought to recover a part of a tract of 50,000 acres of land, in possession of Mr Hawkins, within the limits of his patent. Both parties claimed under Virginia...

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