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MILLS ET AL. v. BROWN ET AL.

41 U.S. 525 (____)

16 Pet. 525

ADAM S. MILLS AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM G. BROWN AND OTHERS, AND THE COUNTY OF ST. CLAIR, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Bogy and Mr. Jones, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Key and Mr. Reynolds, for the defendants.

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

This case is brought here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois under the twenty-fifth section of the act of 1789.

It appears that the legislature of Illinois, by a law passed March 2, 1819, granted to a certain S. Wiggins, his heirs and assigns, the right to establish a ferry, upon his own lands, across the Mississippi, near the town of Illinois.

By a subsequent act of March 2...

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