Mr. Justice STORY. I regret exceedingly being compelled by a sense of duty to express openly my dissent from the opinion of the majority of the court in this case. On ordinary occasions my habit is to submit in ■silence to the judgment of the court where I happen to entertain an opinion different from that of my brethren. But .the; present case .involves,, in my judgment, doctrines-and consequences which, with the utmost defere…
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