Doddridge v. Thompson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1824-03-16

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Mr. Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. Both parties in this cause claim under grants made by the United States, in that tract of country which was reserve by Virginia, out of her cession to Congress, for the purpose of satisfying the claims of her officers and soldiers on continental establishment. The reserve was at first dependent on a deficiency of good land, to satisfy -ct-hose claims, in…

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