Kelly's Heirs v. McGuire

Decided 1855-01-15

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Hon. S. H. Hempstead, Special Judge, delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court. Whatever may have been tbe original foundation of tbe right of property, it admits of no question tbat its protection, in some shape, is engrafted into tbe jurisprudence of every civilized nation. In most of them, it constitutes an important feature of their organic law. No government, how…

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